CVE-2026-22822

A flaw was found in the External Secrets Operator. A user with appropriate permissions could exploit a vulnerability in the getSecretKey template function. This function allowed secrets, which are sensitive pieces of information like passwords or API keys, to be retrieved from other isolated...

CVE-2026-22822 External Secrets Operator insecurely retrieves secrets through the getSecretKey templating function

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, ha...

EUVD-2026-3404

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, ha...

CVE-2026-22822

CVE-2026-22822 affects the External Secrets Operator. The root issue is the getSecretKey templating function, which in versions starting from 0.20.2 and prior to 1.2.0 allowed cross‑namespace retrieval of secrets via the controller’s roleBinding, bypassing safeguards. This could lead to unauthori...

CVE-2026-22822 External Secrets Operator insecurely retrieves secrets through the getSecretKey templating function

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, ha...

CVE-2026-22822: Incorrect Authorization

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, ha...

GHSA-77V3-R3JW-J2V2 External Secrets Operator insecurely retrieves secrets through the getSecretKey templating function

Summary 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, ...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the getSecretKey function. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to secrets across namespaces by exploiting the function's ability to bypass security mechanisms and retrieve secrets using elevated...