A flaw was found in hawtio-operator. The operator holds routes/custom-host:create permission cluster-wide and writes the tenant-supplied spec.routeHostName value from the Hawtio custom resource directly into the Route spec without validation or authorization checks. A namespace edit user, who normally cannot set custom Route hostnames, can use the operator as a confused deputy to claim arbitrary externally-routable hostnames, enabling subdomain takeover and, in combination with the auto-grant OAuthClient, OAuth redirect hijack.
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Administrators can mitigate this issue by restricting which users can create or modify Hawtio custom resources using RBAC policies. Additionally, OpenShift admins can configure the router to use route admission policies that reject Routes claiming hostnames outside of allowed domain patterns. Review existing Hawtio CR instances for unexpected routeHostName values.

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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in hawtio-operator. The operator holds routes/custom-host:create permission cluster-wide and writes the tenant-supplied spec.routeHostName value from the Hawtio custom resource directly into the Route spec without validation or authorization checks. A namespace edit user, who normally cannot set custom Route hostnames, can use the operator as a confused deputy to claim arbitrary externally-routable hostnames, enabling subdomain takeover and, in combination with the auto-grant OAuthClient, OAuth redirect hijack.
Title Hawtio-operator: hawtio-operator: routes/custom-host confused-deputy via spec.routehostname
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat apache Camel Hawtio
Weaknesses CWE-441
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_hawtio:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat apache Camel Hawtio
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T05:35:31.968Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T10:25:52.080Z

Link: CVE-2026-81303

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T06:16:58.167

Modified: 2026-09-15T06:16:58.167

Link: CVE-2026-81303

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-15T05:09:48Z

Links: CVE-2026-81303 - Bugzilla

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