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IBMCVE-2026-19274

IBM Observability with Instana (Agent): improper access control

Critical9.6CVE-2026-19274 · Published Sep 4, 2026 · updated Sep 8, 2026

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.

IBM advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Observability with Instana (Agent)
Product
>= Build 1.0.303, <= 1.0.323No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-284

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