CVE-2026-9165: 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 authen
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.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9165
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-91650.32% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 24% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-9165 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Red Hat Advanced
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- high[UPDATE] [high] Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management and Multicluster engine for Kubernetes: Vulnerability allo…cert-bund · 2026-07-10
- high[UPDATE] [high] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Advanced Cluster Management): Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-09
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security: Vulnerability allows Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-02
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