# CVE-2026-41184: ServiceAccount token disclosure via install-cni container logs

- Also known as: GHSA-9P7W-W5Q6-MXJ3, GO-2026-5888
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.31.6, 1.11.0-cni-plugin.0.20260417001138-cd73bc2cea0f
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- cni-plugin: fixed in 3.31.6
- github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go): from 2.0.0, fixed in 3.31.6
- github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go): fixed in 1.11.0-cni-plugin.0.20260417001138-cd73bc2cea0f
- github.com/projectcalico/calico/v3 (Go): all versions

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cni-plugin, github.com/projectcalico/calico, github.com/projectcalico/calico/v3, upgrade to a fixed version (3.31.6, 1.11.0-cni-plugin.0.20260417001138-cd73bc2cea0f) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12502
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12527
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12526
- https://www.tigera.io/security-bulletins/tta-2026-001/

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