VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-36540
Insecure permissions in external-secrets v0.9.16 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Insecure permissions in external-secrets v0.9.16 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-277
- Affected
- external-secrets/external secrets operator
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/a4834f3c8450f9d89e2bc4d5c4beef6aThird Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/a4834f3c8450f9d89e2bc4d5c4beef6aThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.