Account-wide AWS destruction via wildcard IAM scope
Published Jun 4, 2026 · Updated Jun 4, 2026
Excessive IAM privileges in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 allow attackers to damage unrelated AWS resources using operator credentials. The Image Registry, Machine API, Ingress Operator, and EBS CSI Driver CredentialsRequest manifests assign Resource "*" to destructive S3, EC2, Route 53, and EBS actions. Reachability requires an AWS cluster in CCO Mint mode and compromise of an operator credential through pod compromise, RBAC escalation, or Secret read; that credential can delete buckets, terminate instances, change DNS records, or delete volumes across the account.
Summary
What happened
Excessive IAM privileges in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 allow attackers to damage unrelated AWS resources using operator credentials. The Image Registry, Machine API, Ingress Operator, and EBS CSI Driver CredentialsRequest manifests assign Resource "*" to destructive S3, EC2, Route 53, and EBS actions. Reachability requires an AWS cluster in CCO Mint mode and compromise of an operator credential through pod compromise, RBAC escalation, or Secret read; that credential can delete buckets, terminate instances, change DNS records, or delete volumes across the account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-10843
- Published
- Jun 4, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 4, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
- Classifications
- CWE-250, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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