# CVE-2026-6720: Calicoctl leaks cluster credentials to stderr when verbose logging is enabled

- Also known as: GHSA-3M4Q-GGCJ-J6M4, GO-2026-5893
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.32.0, 3.21.7, 22.4.0, 3.31.6
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- Tigera Calico: fixed in 3.32.0
- Tigera Calico Enterprise: fixed in 3.21.7
- Tigera Calico Cloud: fixed in 22.4.0
- github.com/projectcalico/calicoctl/v3 (Go): fixed in 3.31.6
- github.com/projectcalico/calicoctl (Go): all versions
- github.com/projectcalico/calicoctl/v3 (Go): all versions

## Description

When calicoctl is invoked with --log-level=info or --log-level=debug, the client prints the full contents of its loaded connection-configuration struct to stderr in a single log line. The struct embeds every credential calicoctl uses to talk to the cluster — inline kubeconfig (with bearer token), Kubernetes API bearer token, etcd password, and inline PEM-encoded etcd client certificate and key. Any reader of that stderr stream — CI job logs, session-recording archives, shared support-ticket transcripts, or local filesystem viewers on the host that ran calicoctl — can extract these credentials with zero Kubernetes privilege. calicoctl's default log level is panic, so this issue only triggers when verbose logging is explicitly enabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Tigera Calico, Tigera Calico Enterprise, Tigera Calico Cloud or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (3.32.0, 3.21.7, 22.4.0, 3.31.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12535
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12536
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/12537
- https://www.tigera.io/security-bulletins/tta-2026-003/

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