CVE-2026-19274 (GCVE-0-2026-19274)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-04 15:49 – Updated: 2026-09-04 17:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM Instana Observability is affected by multiple vulnerabilities within Instana Agent container image
Summary
IBM Observability with Instana (Agent) Build 1.0.303 through 1.0.323 IBM Instana Agent Operator could allow an authenticated Kubernetes tenant to hijack or permanently destroy another tenant's cluster-level RBAC permissions, caused by cluster-scoped RBAC objects being keyed solely by the bare CR name with no namespace disambiguation, allowing a same-named `InstanaAgent` CR in an attacker-controlled namespace to silently overwrite the shared `ClusterRoleBinding` or delete it outright and revoke the victim agent's cluster monitoring access.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-04 17:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286070 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Observability with Instana (Agent) |
Affected:
Build 1.0.303 , ≤ 1.0.323
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:observability_with_instana_agent:build:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:observability_with_instana_agent:1.0.323:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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