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CVE-2024-45041— External Secrets Operator vulnerable to privilege escalation

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external-secrets external-secrets
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External Secrets是External Secrets开源的一个 Kubernetes 相关应用程序。 External Secrets 0.10.2之前版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于可以通过滥用部署的SA令牌来检索或获取整个集群中的所有机密，进而提升权限。

CVSS 8.3 · High EPSS 0.59% · P46
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2024-45041

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
External Secrets Operator vulnerable to privilege escalation
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
特权管理不恰当
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
External Secrets 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
External Secrets是External Secrets开源的一个 Kubernetes 相关应用程序。 External Secrets 0.10.2之前版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于可以通过滥用部署的SA令牌来检索或获取整个集群中的所有机密，进而提升权限。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
external-secrets external-secrets < 0.10.2 -

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III. Intelligence Information for CVE-2024-45041

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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-45041 (1)

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: external-secrets
Same vendor: external-secrets
Same weakness: CWE-269

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