# CVE-2026-47701

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-47701
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-200
- **Published:** Sep 14, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Sep 14, 2026

## Description

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.

## Affected Products

- open-telemetry — opentelemetry-operator (< 0.152.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-cxh2-4639-vmc5)
- [CNA](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/pull/5104)
- [CNA](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/commit/95a8c2a3dc64a762d3ab8eba8c903b5702a03a9c)
- [CNA](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/releases/tag/v0.152.0)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.28%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 20.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-19._