Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting kube-logging-operator package, versions <6.5.0-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-KUBELOGGINGOPERATOR-16571242
  • published9 May 2026
  • disclosed7 May 2026

Introduced: 7 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-39823  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi kube-logging-operator to version 6.5.0-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kube-logging-operator package and not the kube-logging-operator package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

CVE-2026-27142 fixed a vulnerability in which URLs were not correctly escaped inside of a <meta> tag's <content> attribute. If the URL content were to insert ASCII whitespaces around the '=' rune inside of the <content> attribute, the escaper would fail to similarly escape it, leading to XSS.