{ "document": { "category": "csaf_base", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "The Netherlands Cyber Security Center (henceforth: NCSC-NL) maintains this portal to enhance access to its information and vulnerabilities. The use of this information is subject to the following terms and conditions:\n\nThe vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal are gathered by NCSC-NL from a variety of open sources, which the user can retrieve from other platforms. NCSC-NL makes every reasonable effort to ensure that the content of this portal is kept up to date, and that it is accurate and complete. Nevertheless, NCSC-NL cannot entirely rule out the possibility of errors, and therefore cannot give any warranty in respect of its completeness, accuracy or real-time keeping up-to-date. NCSC-NL does not control nor guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information obtained from these external sources. The vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal are intended solely for the convenience of professional parties to take appropriate measures to manage the risks posed to the cybersecurity. No rights can be derived from the information provided therein.\n\nNCSC-NL and the Kingdom of the Netherlands assume no legal liability or responsibility for any damage resulting from either the use or inability of use of the vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal. This includes damage resulting from the inaccuracy of incompleteness of the information contained in it.\nThe information on this page is subject to Dutch law. All disputes related to or arising from the use of this portal regarding the disclosure of vulnerabilities will be submitted to the competent court in The Hague. This choice of means also applies to the court in summary proceedings." } ], "publisher": { "category": "coordinator", "contact_details": "cert@ncsc.nl", "name": "National Cyber Security Centre", "namespace": "https://www.ncsc.nl/" }, "title": "CVE-2026-10609", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-09-03T08:42:59.904179Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-02-17T15:00:00Z", "engine": { "name": "V.E.L.M.A", "version": "1.7" } }, "id": "CVE-2026-10609", "initial_release_date": "2026-06-23T14:54:45.372899Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-06-23T14:54:45.372899Z", "number": "1", "summary": "CVE created.| Source created.| CVE status created. (valid)| Description created for source.| CVSS created.| References created (2).| CWES updated (1).| Unknown change." }, { "date": "2026-06-23T14:54:47.756090Z", "number": "2", "summary": "NCSC Score created." }, { "date": "2026-06-23T15:34:47.127922Z", "number": "3", "summary": "NCSC Score updated." }, { "date": "2026-06-23T18:28:17.211103Z", "number": "4", "summary": "Source created.| CVE status created. (valid)| Description created for source.| CVSS created.| References created (2).| CWES updated (1)." }, { "date": "2026-06-23T18:28:25.530556Z", "number": "5", "summary": "NCSC Score updated." }, { "date": "2026-06-24T00:28:22.106531Z", "number": "6", "summary": "Source created.| CVE status created. (valid)| Description created for source.| CVSS created.| Products connected (2).| Product Identifiers created (1).| Product Remediations created (2).| References created (2).| CWES updated (1).| Vendor_assessment created." }, { "date": "2026-06-24T00:28:29.672538Z", "number": "7", "summary": "NCSC Score updated." }, { "date": "2026-06-24T17:11:22.891973Z", "number": "8", "summary": "Source connected.| CVE status created. (valid)| EPSS created." }, { "date": "2026-06-24T17:11:28.357192Z", "number": "9", "summary": "NCSC Score updated." }, { "date": "2026-07-08T16:28:05.285515Z", "number": "10", "summary": "Products created (1).| Product Identifiers created (2).| Products connected (1)." }, { "date": "2026-07-08T16:28:08.172646Z", "number": "11", "summary": "NCSC Score updated." }, { "date": "2026-07-10T15:41:54.919549Z", "number": "12", "summary": "Source connected.| CVE status created. 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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.", "title": "cveprojectv5 - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/10xxx/CVE-2026-10609.json" }, { "category": "description", "text": "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.", "title": "nvd - https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-10609" }, { "category": "description", "text": "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.\nIn 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.", "title": "redhat - https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-10609.json" }, { "category": "other", "text": "0.00375", "title": "EPSS" }, { "category": "other", "text": "4.9", "title": "NCSC Score" }, { "category": "other", "text": "There is product_remediation data available from source Redhat", "title": "NCSC Score top decreasing factors" }, { "category": "details", "text": "Severity: 2\n", "title": "Vendor assessment" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-1455864", "CSAFPID-1496167", "CSAFPID-2445466", "CSAFPID-8574935" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - first", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - cveprojectv5", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/10xxx/CVE-2026-10609.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - nvd", "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-10609" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - redhat", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-10609.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - ncscclear", "url": "https://vulnerabilities.ncsc.nl/manual/CVE-2026-10609" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - cveprojectv5; nvd", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10609" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - cveprojectv5; nvd", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483943" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - redhat", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10609" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - redhat", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10609" } ], "remediations": [ { "category": "mitigation", "details": "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.", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-1455864", "CSAFPID-1496167" ] } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N", "baseScore": 6.8, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-1455864", "CSAFPID-1496167", "CSAFPID-2445466", "CSAFPID-8574935" ] } ], "title": "CVE-2026-10609" } ] }