CVE-2026-41184CWE-532

ServiceAccount token disclosure via install-cni container logs

Medium · published May 28, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.0 · MEDIUM
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
EPSS
0.00526 · 43.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-532 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Published
2026-05-28T15:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAY 15:47Z
    ServiceAccount token disclosure via install-cni container logs
    cvelistv5