CVE-2026-47701OpenTelemetry Operator: ServiceMonitor bearerTokenFile reads arbitrary local file and sends contents as bearer auth
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The OpenTelemetry Operator is a Kubernetes Operator for the OpenTelemetry Collector. Prior to 0.152.0, cmd/otel-allocator TargetAllocator instances with targetAllocator.prometheusCR.enabled set to true preserve a selected ServiceMonitor endpoint's bearerTokenFile value as HTTPClientConfig.Authorization.CredentialsFile. A tenant who can create or update a ServiceMonitor matched by serviceMonitorSelector and serviceMonitorNamespaceSelector can point bearerTokenFile at a file in the Collector pod, including /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token, and direct scraping to a tenant-controlled endpoint. The Collector reads that file at scrape time and sends its contents as bearer authorization on every scrape interval. Exploitation also requires the Collector service-account token or another sensitive file to be mounted and the Collector to reach the chosen target. The DenyFSAccessThroughSMs control was absent, allowing disclosure of the Collector's service-account JWT or other mounted files, and resulting Kubernetes API impact is limited by the Collector service account's permissions. This issue is fixed in version 0.152.0.
- CVSS
- 7.7 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
open-telemetry opentelemetry-operator open_telemetry:opentelemetry_operator (from the name) | before 0.152.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-cxh2-4639-vmc5x-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/pull/5104x-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/commit/95a8c2a3dc64a762d3ab8eba8c903b5702a03a9cx-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/releases/tag/v0.152.0x-refsource-misc
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