Description
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Prior to 2.4.0, Namespaced SecretStore resources that used CAProvider with type ConfigMap could resolve CA material from another namespace when caProvider.namespace was set. This bypassed the namespace boundary enforced for SecretStore-backed references in providers that rely on the shared runtime CA resolver. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.0.
Published: 2026-05-11
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wv26-88m5-6h59 External Secrets Operator has Namespace Isolation Bypass in CAProvider ConfigMap Resolution for SecretStore
History

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared External-secrets
External-secrets external-secrets
Vendors & Products External-secrets
External-secrets external-secrets

Mon, 11 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Prior to 2.4.0, Namespaced SecretStore resources that used CAProvider with type ConfigMap could resolve CA material from another namespace when caProvider.namespace was set. This bypassed the namespace boundary enforced for SecretStore-backed references in providers that rely on the shared runtime CA resolver. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.0.
Title External Secrets Operator: Namespace Isolation Bypass in CAProvider ConfigMap Resolution for SecretStore
Weaknesses CWE-285
CWE-668
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

External-secrets External-secrets
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T16:25:13.165Z

Reserved: 2026-04-30T18:49:06.711Z

Link: CVE-2026-42875

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-11T20:25:44.143

Modified: 2026-05-13T16:11:39.190

Link: CVE-2026-42875

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Updated: 2026-05-11T20:30:16Z

Weaknesses