Medium [CVE-2026-10609] Cluster Logging Operator creates and forwards ServiceAccount tokens without verifying CLF creator authorization
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-10609 affecting Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift.
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Summary
A missing authorization flaw was found in the OpenShift Cluster Logging Operator. The operator creates and forwards ServiceAccount tokens to output destinations without verifying that the ClusterLogForwarder creator has permission to use those credentials, allowing a delegated editor to exfiltrate SA tokens and escalate privileges.
In a typical OpenShift Logging deployment a user managing ClusterLogForwarder objects is also expected to manage secrets with storage credentials. A user with the rights to manage secrets can obtain a token for a SA in the namespace and as such the flaw does not result in any privilege gain or security boundary being broken.
The score assigned is reflective of a scenario where secret provisioning and CLF configuration are managed by separate roles. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Weakness: CWE-862. Affected Red Hat products: Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation checklist
- Restrict ClusterLogForwarder write access to trusted administrators only. Review existing ClusterRoleBindings and RoleBindings that grant clusterlogforwarders write permission. Apply NetworkPolicy egress restrictions to the collector namespace to prevent collector pods from reaching arbitrary external endpoints. Deploy admission controller policies (OPA/Gatekeeper/Kyverno) to deny CLF resources whose outputs point to non-allowlisted URLs. Monitor for ClusterLogForwarder resources with outputs pointing to external URLs, especially those using token.from: serviceAccount.
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