ETK-2026-1552Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.

{
  "etk_id": "ETK-2026-1552",
  "cve_id": null,
  "display_id": "ETK-2026-1552",
  "ghsa_id": "GHSA-p4gc-7pgp-f452",
  "euvd_id": null,
  "status": "published",
  "anchor_state": "awaiting_cve",
  "title": "OpenTelemetry Operator automatic RBAC privilege escalation",
  "summary": "OpenTelemetry Operator versions before 0.152.0 may create cluster-scoped read permissions for collector service accounts without verifying that the user creating the collector is entitled to those permissions. A user able to create OpenTelemetryCollector resources can gain broad visibility into cluster resources when automatic RBAC creation is enabled.",
  "mitigation": "Upgrade OpenTelemetry Operator to version 0.152.0 or later. Until upgraded, prevent the operator service account from creating ClusterRoles and ClusterRoleBindings to disable automatic RBAC creation.",
  "vendor": "go",
  "product": "go:github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator",
  "affected": [
    {
      "affected_notes": [],
      "affected_ranges": [
        ">= 0.92.0, <= 0.151.0"
      ],
      "ecosystem": "go",
      "fixed_versions": [
        "0.152.0"
      ],
      "package_name": "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator",
      "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator"
    }
  ],
  "cwes": null,
  "cvss_score": 7.7,
  "cvss_src": "cna_vendor",
  "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
  "epss_score": null,
  "epss_percentile": null,
  "epss_asof": null,
  "automation": "contextual",
  "check": false,
  "check_confidence_basis": null,
  "exploit": false,
  "pipeline_minutes": 55.79032076666667,
  "t0_at": null,
  "signals": {
    "public_poc": {
      "at": "2026-10-12T03:21:14+00:00",
      "days": -9.062630332465277,
      "is_lower_bound": true,
      "measured_at": "2026-10-21T04:51:25.282744+00:00",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-p4gc-7pgp-f452"
    },
    "trigger_signal": {
      "at": "2026-10-12T03:21:14+00:00",
      "days": -9.062630332465277,
      "is_lower_bound": true,
      "measured_at": "2026-10-21T04:51:25.282744+00:00",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-p4gc-7pgp-f452"
    }
  }
}