CVE-2026-41184Published

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 th…

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nvd · CVE-2026-41184

Published

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.

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Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-532

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published: 2026-05-28T17:16:22.270

lastModified: 2026-10-26T13:10:00.140

3 source CPE criteria · context only

cpe:2.3:a:tigera:calico:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tigera:calico:*:*:*:*:open_source:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tigera:calico:*:*:*:*:cloud:*:*:*

The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.

Source published: 28 May 2026 17:16:22 UTC
Source modified: 26 Oct 2026 13:10:00 UTC
Observed here: 27 Oct 2026 10:10:07 UTC
Source terms: NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained

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