CVE-2026-44514: Kubetail has a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking issue that allows attacker to read Kubernetes logs from authenticated users

May 7, 2026

Kubetail’s dashboard exposes WebSocket endpoints that did not adequately validate the Origin header on connection upgrade. A malicious web page visited by a user with an active Kubetail session could open a WebSocket to the user’s dashboard and read their Kubernetes logs in real time. This is a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) vulnerability and affects both the desktop deployment (default http://localhost:7500) and cluster deployments (typically behind an Ingress with HTTP basic auth).

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-v8j7-hp7c-738f
github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail
github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail/security/advisories/GHSA-v8j7-hp7c-738f
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44514

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