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title: "CVE-2026-47701: OpenTelemetry Operator - Information Disclosure"
description: "OpenTelemetry Operator < 0.152.0 contains an information disclosure caused by improper handling of ServiceMonitor bearerTokenFile in TargetAllocator, letting tenants with ServiceMonitor creation/update permissions disclose Collector service-account tokens, exploit requires Collector service-account token or sensitive file mounted and network access to target endpoint."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-47701/
---

# CVE-2026-47701 OpenTelemetry Operator - Information Disclosure

OpenTelemetry Operator < 0.152.0 contains an information disclosure caused by improper handling of ServiceMonitor bearerTokenFile in TargetAllocator, letting tenants with ServiceMonitor creation/update permissions disclose Collector service-account tokens, exploit requires Collector service-account token or sensitive file mounted and network access to target endpoint.

CVSS base score 7.7 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.46% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47701)

## Details

Type

Information Disclosure

Impact

Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Published

14 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-200](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 0.152.0 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47701](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47701)
- [https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/commit/95a8c2a3dc64a762d3ab8eba8c903b5702a03a9c](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/commit/95a8c2a3dc64a762d3ab8eba8c903b5702a03a9c)
- [https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/pull/5104](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/pull/5104)
- [https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/releases/tag/v0.152.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/releases/tag/v0.152.0)
- [https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-cxh2-4639-vmc5](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-cxh2-4639-vmc5)

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