CVE-2025-2843: A flaw was found in the Observability Operator. The Operator creates a ServiceAccount with *ClusterRole* upon deployment
Summary
A flaw in the Observability Operator allows an attacker with limited namespace-level permissions to escalate their access to the entire cluster by creating a MonitorStack resource and then impersonating a highly-privileged ServiceAccount (a Kubernetes identity that the Operator automatically creates). This privilege escalation (gaining unauthorized higher-level access) could let an attacker take control of the entire Kubernetes cluster.
Vulnerability Details
8.8(high)
EPSS: 0.0%
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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2843
First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:52 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 75%