CVE-2026-41184

ServiceAccount token disclosure via install-cni container logs

Published May 28, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Calico, the install-cni init container logs the rendered CNI configuration to standard output. When the configuration template uses the __SERVICEACCOUNT_TOKEN__ placeholder (Canal/Flannel-Calico deployments), the installer substitutes the live Kubernetes ServiceAccount bearer token before logging, exposing the token to any authenticated user with pods/log permission in the namespace with calico-node. The token holds patch privileges on pods/status, enabling annotation-based attacks against cluster workloads. The default kubeconfig-based authentication path is not affected. This is a direct regression of TTA-2018-001.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9p7w-w5q6-mxj3 Calico Inserts Sensitive Information into Log File
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tigera:calico:*:*:*:*:cloud:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tigera:calico:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tigera:calico:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In Calico, the install-cni init container logs the rendered CNI configuration to standard output. When the configuration template uses the __SERVICEACCOUNT_TOKEN__ placeholder (Canal/Flannel-Calico deployments), the installer substitutes the live Kubernetes ServiceAccount bearer token before logging, exposing the token to any authenticated user with pods/log permission in the namespace with calico-node. The token holds patch privileges on pods/status, enabling annotation-based attacks against cluster workloads. The default kubeconfig-based authentication path is not affected. This is a direct regression of TTA-2018-001.
Title ServiceAccount token disclosure via install-cni container logs
First Time appeared Tigera
Tigera calico
Weaknesses CWE-532
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tigera:calico:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tigera:calico:3.32.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tigera
Tigera calico
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Tigera
Published
Updated
May 28, 2026, 5:04 PM
Reserved
Apr 17, 2026, 5:41 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 28, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 1:10 PM