CVE-2024-36541
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedInsecure permissions in logging-operator v4.6.0 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceInsecure permissions in logging-operator v4.6.0 allow attackers to obtain the service account token due to overly permissive RBAC configuration, enabling access to sensitive data and privilege escalation within the cluster.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 4.6.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify logging-operator is installedRun 'kubectl get deployment -A | grep -i logging' or 'kubectl get pods -A | grep -i logging' to find logging-operator podsAffected if logging-operator pods are found running in the cluster
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Check installed version of logging-operatorRun 'kubectl get deployment -A -o jsonpath="{.items[*].spec.template.spec.containers[?(@.name=="logging-operator")].image}"' or inspect the image tag in the operator deploymentAffected if The version displayed is 4.6.0
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Identify the service account used by logging-operatorRun 'kubectl get deployment -n <namespace> logging-operator -o jsonpath="{.spec.template.spec.serviceAccount}"' to find the service account nameAffected if A service account is assigned to the operator
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Review RBAC ClusterRole bindings for logging-operatorRun 'kubectl get clusterrolebinding -o wide | grep -i logging' and then 'kubectl get clusterrole <role-name> -o yaml' to inspect the permissions grantedAffected if The ClusterRole contains overly broad permissions such as 'get/list/watch' on secrets, or permissions related to token creation or serviceaccount resources
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Check if the operator can access service account tokensRun 'kubectl auth can-i get secret --as=system:serviceaccount:<namespace>:<sa-name>' for the logging-operator's service account, or review if ClusterRole has permissions to create tokens or access token secretsAffected if The service account has permissions to read secrets or create tokens that could contain service account credentials
You are affected if logging-operator version 4.6.0 is deployed AND its service account has overly permissive RBAC rules that allow access to secrets or service account tokens.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate logging-operator to a patched version and review RBAC permissions to follow least-privilege principles, restricting service account token access.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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