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

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...