Summary
Grafana Tempo Operator Vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
A flaw was found in the Tempo Operator. When the Jaeger UI Monitor Tab functionality is enabled in a Tempo instance managed by the Tempo Operator, the Operator creates a ClusterRoleBinding for the Service Account of the Tempo instance to grant the cluster-monitoring-view ClusterRole.
This can be exploited if a user has 'create' permissions on TempoStack and 'get' permissions on Secret in a namespace (for example, a user has ClusterAdmin permissions for a specific namespace), as the user can read the token of the Tempo service account and therefore has access to see all cluster metrics.
Impact
CVE-2025-2842 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium). The vector is network-reachable, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. A fixed version is available (0.16.0); upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2025-2842? CVE-2025-2842 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in github.com/grafana/tempo-operator (go), affecting versions < 0.16.0. It is fixed in 0.16.0.
- How severe is CVE-2025-2842? CVE-2025-2842 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Which versions of github.com/grafana/tempo-operator are affected by CVE-2025-2842? github.com/grafana/tempo-operator (go) versions < 0.16.0 is affected.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-2842? Yes. CVE-2025-2842 is fixed in 0.16.0. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is CVE-2025-2842 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-2842 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2025-2842 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix CVE-2025-2842? Upgrade
github.com/grafana/tempo-operatorto 0.16.0 or later.