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SCA: security update for github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator (GHSA-cxh2-4639-vmc5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443044

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-47701)

Solution

Update the github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator library and its related packages to version 0.152.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxh2-4639-vmc5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443044

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/10/2026

Updated: 9/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.26

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47701

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-47701

cwe: CWE-200