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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Metrics ssvc

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


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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Tigera

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T17:04:36.059Z

Reserved: 2026-04-17T17:41:35.905Z

Link: CVE-2026-41184

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-28T17:04:33.558Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-41184

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-28T18:30:23Z