---
id: "CVE-2026-10609"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-10609", "GHSA-9xm2-gw56-wj7m", "GO-2026-6590"]
title: "OpenShift Cluster Logging Operator missing authorization flaw in github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.8
epss: 0.00375
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator", "fixed": [], "affected": "all versions", "ecosystem": "go"}]
ecosystems: ["go"]
tags: ["go", "kubernetes", "openshift", "package"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2026-06-23T14:17:21+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:13:08+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:46:02+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "govuln", "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6590", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:08+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-10609", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:43+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10609", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:35:23+00:00"}]
---

# OpenShift Cluster Logging Operator missing authorization flaw in github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator

The OpenShift Cluster Logging Operator Go module has a missing authorization check. The sources do not say what an attacker can access or change once the check is bypassed.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- go:github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator affected all versions fixed ?

## Fix

Update github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator to v0.0.0-20260804174055-1864c2a9851d or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:13:08+00:00 govuln https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6590
- 2026-10-23T19:13:43+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-10609
- 2026-10-23T19:35:23+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10609

## From the sources

OpenShift Cluster Logging Operator missing authorization flaw in github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator.

NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.

(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)

The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator before v0.0.0-20260804174055-1864c2a9851d.

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