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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-22822 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 9.3 CRITICAL
Vector:  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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/17d3e22b8d3fbe339faf8515a95ec06ec92b1feb GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/issues/5690 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/pull/3895 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/releases/tag/v1.2.0 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-77v3-r3jw-j2v2 GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-22822
NVD Published Date:
01/21/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/21/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.