CVE-2026-9165 (GCVE-0-2026-9165)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-06 08:46
Modified
2026-09-08 07:53
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Summary
A flaw was found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS). Central does not limit the depth of GraphQL queries served on the authenticated GraphQL API. An authenticated user with a valid API token can send deeply nested queries that cause excessive resource consumption in Central, resulting in a denial of service for the management plane.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36207 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36319 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36625 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9165 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480505 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9 Unaffected: 1783357116   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:4.9::el8
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   Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.10 Unaffected: 1783357140   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:4.10::el8
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   Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.11 Unaffected: 1783352589   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:4.11::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4     cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:4
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