Observability-operator: observability operator privilege escalation (CVE-2025-2843) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2025-2843

Observability-operator: observability operator privilege escalation

Answer in brief

CVE-2025-2843 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Observability-operator: observability operator privilege escalation. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps rhobs/observability-operator (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Nov 12, 2025Updated Sep 21, 2026Source checked Sep 21, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 21, 2026Material review Sep 21, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps rhobs/observability-operator (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
rhobs/observability-operatorgeneric	>=0 <1.3.0	1.3.0

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for rhobs/observability-operator.
Review the reported fix. Update rhobs/observability-operator to 1.3.0 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Nov 12, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 21, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 21, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

A flaw was found in the Observability Operator. The Operator creates a ServiceAccount with *ClusterRole* upon deployment of the *Namespace-Scoped* Custom Resource MonitorStack. This issue allows an adversarial Kubernetes Account with only namespaced-level roles, for example, a tenant controlling a namespace, to create a MonitorStack in the authorized namespace and then elevate permission to the cluster level by impersonating the ServiceAccount created by the Operator, resulting in privilege escalation and other issues.

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