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11 vulnerabilities found for external_secrets_operator by external-secrets

CVE-2026-34984 (GCVE-0-2026-34984)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-04-14 01:48 – Updated: 2026-04-14 16:27
VLAI
Title
External Secrets Operator has DNS exfiltration via getHostByName in its v2 template engine
Summary
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Versions 2.2.0 and below contain a vulnerability in runtime/template/v2/template.go where the v2 template engine removes env and expandenv from Sprig's TxtFuncMap() but leaves the getHostByName function accessible to user-controlled templates. Since ESO executes templates within the controller process, an attacker who can create or update templated ExternalSecret resources can invoke controller-side DNS lookups using secret-derived values. This creates a DNS exfiltration primitive, allowing fetched secret material to be leaked via DNS queries without requiring direct outbound network access from the attacker's workload. The impact is a confidentiality issue, particularly in environments where untrusted or lower-trust users can author templated ExternalSecret resources and the controller has DNS resolution capability. This issue has been fixed in version 2.3.0.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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CVE-2026-22822 (GCVE-0-2026-22822)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-21 21:22 – Updated: 2026-01-22 16:50
VLAI
Title
External Secrets Operator insecurely retrieves secrets through the getSecretKey templating function
Summary
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Starting in version 0.20.2 and prior to version 1.2.0, the `getSecretKey` template function, while introduced for senhasegura Devops Secrets Management (DSM) provider, has the ability to fetch secrets cross-namespaces with the roleBinding of the external-secrets controller, bypassing our security mechanisms. This function was completely removed in version 1.2.0, as everything done with that templating function can be done in a different way while respecting External Secrets Operator's safeguards As a workaround, use a policy engine such as Kubernetes, Kyverno, Kubewarden, or OPA to prevent the usage of `getSecretKey` in any ExternalSecret resource.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
external-secrets external-secrets Affected: >= 0.20.2, < 1.2.0
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CVE-2024-45041 (GCVE-0-2024-45041)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-09-09 14:54 – Updated: 2024-09-09 17:11
VLAI
Title
External Secrets Operator vulnerable to privilege escalation
Summary
External Secrets Operator is a Kubernetes operator that integrates external secret management systems. The external-secrets has a deployment called default-external-secrets-cert-controller, which is bound with a same-name ClusterRole. This ClusterRole has "get/list" verbs of secrets resources. It also has path/update verb of validatingwebhookconfigurations resources. This can be used to abuse the SA token of the deployment to retrieve or get ALL secrets in the whole cluster, capture and log all data from requests attempting to update Secrets, or make a webhook deny all Pod create and update requests. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.10.2.
Severity
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
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CVE-2024-36540 (GCVE-0-2024-36540)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-07-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-13 18:38
VLAI
Summary
Insecure permissions in external-secrets v0.9.16 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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CVE-2026-34984 (GCVE-0-2026-34984)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-14 01:48 – Updated: 2026-04-14 16:27
VLAI
Title
External Secrets Operator has DNS exfiltration via getHostByName in its v2 template engine
Summary
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Versions 2.2.0 and below contain a vulnerability in runtime/template/v2/template.go where the v2 template engine removes env and expandenv from Sprig's TxtFuncMap() but leaves the getHostByName function accessible to user-controlled templates. Since ESO executes templates within the controller process, an attacker who can create or update templated ExternalSecret resources can invoke controller-side DNS lookups using secret-derived values. This creates a DNS exfiltration primitive, allowing fetched secret material to be leaked via DNS queries without requiring direct outbound network access from the attacker's workload. The impact is a confidentiality issue, particularly in environments where untrusted or lower-trust users can author templated ExternalSecret resources and the controller has DNS resolution capability. This issue has been fixed in version 2.3.0.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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CVE-2026-22822 (GCVE-0-2026-22822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-21 21:22 – Updated: 2026-01-22 16:50
VLAI
Title
External Secrets Operator insecurely retrieves secrets through the getSecretKey templating function
Summary
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Starting in version 0.20.2 and prior to version 1.2.0, the `getSecretKey` template function, while introduced for senhasegura Devops Secrets Management (DSM) provider, has the ability to fetch secrets cross-namespaces with the roleBinding of the external-secrets controller, bypassing our security mechanisms. This function was completely removed in version 1.2.0, as everything done with that templating function can be done in a different way while respecting External Secrets Operator's safeguards As a workaround, use a policy engine such as Kubernetes, Kyverno, Kubewarden, or OPA to prevent the usage of `getSecretKey` in any ExternalSecret resource.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
external-secrets external-secrets Affected: >= 0.20.2, < 1.2.0
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CVE-2024-45041 (GCVE-0-2024-45041)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-09 14:54 – Updated: 2024-09-09 17:11
VLAI
Title
External Secrets Operator vulnerable to privilege escalation
Summary
External Secrets Operator is a Kubernetes operator that integrates external secret management systems. The external-secrets has a deployment called default-external-secrets-cert-controller, which is bound with a same-name ClusterRole. This ClusterRole has "get/list" verbs of secrets resources. It also has path/update verb of validatingwebhookconfigurations resources. This can be used to abuse the SA token of the deployment to retrieve or get ALL secrets in the whole cluster, capture and log all data from requests attempting to update Secrets, or make a webhook deny all Pod create and update requests. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.10.2.
Severity
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
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CVE-2024-36540 (GCVE-0-2024-36540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-13 18:38
VLAI
Summary
Insecure permissions in external-secrets v0.9.16 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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FKIE_CVE-2026-22822

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-21 22:15 - Updated: 2026-02-18 15:29
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Starting in version 0.20.2 and prior to version 1.2.0, the `getSecretKey` template function, while introduced for senhasegura Devops Secrets Management (DSM) provider, has the ability to fetch secrets cross-namespaces with the roleBinding of the external-secrets controller, bypassing our security mechanisms. This function was completely removed in version 1.2.0, as everything done with that templating function can be done in a different way while respecting External Secrets Operator's safeguards As a workaround, use a policy engine such as Kubernetes, Kyverno, Kubewarden, or OPA to prevent the usage of `getSecretKey` in any ExternalSecret resource.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/17d3e22b8d3fbe339faf8515a95ec06ec92b1febPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/issues/5690Issue Tracking
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/pull/3895Issue Tracking
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/releases/tag/v1.2.0Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-77v3-r3jw-j2v2Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
external-secrets external_secrets_operator *
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    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "External Secrets Operator lee informaci\u00f3n de un servicio de terceros e inyecta autom\u00e1ticamente los valores como Secrets de Kubernetes. A partir de la versi\u00f3n 0.20.2 y antes de la versi\u00f3n 1.2.0, la funci\u00f3n de plantilla \u0027getSecretKey\u0027, aunque introducida para el proveedor senhasegura Devops Secrets Management (DSM), tiene la capacidad de obtener secretos entre espacios de nombres con el roleBinding del controlador external-secrets, eludiendo nuestros mecanismos de seguridad. Esta funci\u00f3n fue completamente eliminada en la versi\u00f3n 1.2.0, ya que todo lo que se hac\u00eda con esa funci\u00f3n de plantilla se puede hacer de una manera diferente respetando las salvaguardas de External Secrets Operator. Como soluci\u00f3n alternativa, utilice un motor de pol\u00edticas como Kubernetes, Kyverno, Kubewarden u OPA para evitar el uso de \u0027getSecretKey\u0027 en cualquier recurso ExternalSecret."
    }
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FKIE_CVE-2024-45041

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-09-09 15:15 - Updated: 2024-09-18 17:31
Severity
8.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
External Secrets Operator is a Kubernetes operator that integrates external secret management systems. The external-secrets has a deployment called default-external-secrets-cert-controller, which is bound with a same-name ClusterRole. This ClusterRole has "get/list" verbs of secrets resources. It also has path/update verb of validatingwebhookconfigurations resources. This can be used to abuse the SA token of the deployment to retrieve or get ALL secrets in the whole cluster, capture and log all data from requests attempting to update Secrets, or make a webhook deny all Pod create and update requests. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.10.2.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/428a452fd2ad45935312f2c2c0d40bc37ce6e67cPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-qwgc-rr35-h4x9Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
external-secrets external_secrets_operator *
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    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "External Secrets Operator es un operador de Kubernetes que integra sistemas de administraci\u00f3n de secretos externos. external-secrets tiene una implementaci\u00f3n llamada default-external-secrets-cert-controller, que est\u00e1 vinculada con un ClusterRole del mismo nombre. Este ClusterRole tiene verbos de \"obtenci\u00f3n/enumeraci\u00f3n\" de recursos de secretos. Tambi\u00e9n tiene verbos de ruta/actualizaci\u00f3n de recursos de configuraci\u00f3n de webhook de validaci\u00f3n. Esto se puede usar para abusar del token SA de la implementaci\u00f3n para recuperar u obtener TODOS los secretos en todo el cl\u00faster, capturar y registrar todos los datos de las solicitudes que intentan actualizar secretos o hacer que un webhook deniegue todas las solicitudes de creaci\u00f3n y actualizaci\u00f3n de pods. Esta vulnerabilidad se corrigi\u00f3 en la versi\u00f3n 0.10.2."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2024-45041",
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FKIE_CVE-2024-36540

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-24 17:15 - Updated: 2025-06-27 16:50
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Insecure permissions in external-secrets v0.9.16 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/a4834f3c8450f9d89e2bc4d5c4beef6aThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/a4834f3c8450f9d89e2bc4d5c4beef6aThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
external-secrets external_secrets_operator 0.9.16
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      "value": "Los permisos inseguros en external-secrets v0.9.16 permiten a los atacantes acceder a datos confidenciales y escalar privilegios obteniendo el token de la cuenta de servicio."
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  "lastModified": "2025-06-27T16:50:19.583",
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