IBM Instana Observability is affected by multiple vulnerabilities within Instana Agent container image
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Observability with Instana (Agent) | Build 1.0.303 – 1.0.323 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Observability with Instana (Agent) VendorIBM Affected Build 1.0.303 – 1.0.323 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
IBM Observability with Instana (Agent) — ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286070
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-15728 IBM Instana Observability is affected by multiple vulnerabilities within Instana Agent container imagePriority LOW 34
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-19274
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v7m7-pq26-54fp
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-19274 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-19274 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v7m7-pq26-54fp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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