KubeConfig.from_service_account() fails running within a Pod

[eliafengar]

[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token'

[eliafengar]

I tried access the API server using URL and I managed to access using the non secure 8080 port, when accessing the secure 443 port, I get unauthorized.

[eliafengar]

Permission denied due to the fact the container in the pod was running without "securityContext": {"priviledged": true}
The odd thing is why do I need to run privileged in order to access the Kube API

After passing the permission issue, I get "Invalid Padding" error, something related to the token reading, I checked and the token is divided successfullt into 4 meaning the issue is not at the token
seems like the issue is around the python code that reads the file and adds new line after the token

are there any plans to fix it?