GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-9p7w-w5q6-mxj3 Calico Inserts Sensitive Information into Log File
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-41184
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/projectcalico/calico
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-532
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-02
Affected packages
• Go github.com/projectcalico/calico: >= 2.0.0, < 3.31.6 → fixed in 3.31.6
• Go github.com/projectcalico/calico: < 1.11.0-cni-plugin.0.20260417001138-cd73bc2cea0f → fixed in 1.11.0-cni-plugin.0.20260417001138-cd73bc2cea0f
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-41184 In Calico, the install-cni init container logs the rendered CNI configuration to standard output. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41184 advisory
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12502 web
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12526 web
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12527 web
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/commit/0ca653db0ae7400ea9fb066daa7f45c902482271 web
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/commit/cd73bc2cea0f4989772f2deb93909e7cfac927e0 web
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/commit/da9ea3a13927a35e4022b787d17a005b2157d812 web
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico package
- https://www.tigera.io/security-bulletins/tta-2026-001 web