VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-22822
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-863
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c: CWE-863
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch
- security-advisories@github.com — Issue Tracking
- security-advisories@github.com — Issue Tracking
- security-advisories@github.com — Product, Release Notes
- security-advisories@github.com — Vendor Advisory
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c