OpenCost ServiceKey Endpoint Unauthorized Credential Overwrite/Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
OpenCost provides cost monitoring for Kubernetes workloads and cloud costs. Prior to 1.121.0, the POST /serviceKey endpoint in pkg/costmodel/router.go allows a network client to invoke AddServiceKey without mandatory authentication and submit an arbitrary key form value that is written to the GCP service-account key.json file returned by GetGCPAuthSecretFilePath in core/pkg/env/core.go. The attacker controls the file contents but not the CONFIG_PATH-derived directory, the key.json filename, or the file mode. Replacing the credential contents can disrupt GCP cost collection or cause OpenCost to use attacker-selected credentials, and the wildcard Access-Control-Allow-Origin response permits browser-assisted requests when the service is reachable from a browser. This issue is fixed in version 1.121.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opencost | opencost | before 1.121.0 | 1.121.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/opencost/opencost (Go) | before 1.119.1 | 1.119.1 | Patch available | GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5 |
- opencost Vendoropencost Affected before 1.121.0 Fixed in 1.121.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/opencost/opencost (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.119.1 Fixed in 1.119.1 Patch available GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5
Remediation
- Fix · CNA opencost (opencost) Fixed in 1.121.0
- Fix · GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5 github.com/opencost/opencost (Go) Fixed in 1.119.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44300
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5
References
Other 8
- https://github.com/opencost/opencost/security/advisories/GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5
- https://github.com/opencost/opencost/pull/3651
- https://github.com/opencost/opencost/pull/3910
- https://github.com/opencost/opencost/commit/69430e7f627b3e62c8999312c06949267fab813a
- https://github.com/opencost/opencost/commit/a49a25bc2e0d6e220a131a4dc58f38ebe6ae851b
- https://github.com/opencost/opencost/releases/tag/v1.120.0
- https://github.com/opencost/opencost/releases/tag/v1.121.0
- https://github.com/opencost/opencost
More opencost vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47645 OpenCost < 1.121.0 Unauthenticated Helm Values Exposure and Admin Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-44300 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44300 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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