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CVE-2025-62159
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. A vulnerability was discovered in the BeyondTrust provider implementation for External Secrets Operator versions 0.10.1 through 0.19.2. The provider previously retrieved Kubernetes secrets directly, without validating the namespace context or the type of secret store. This allowed unauthorized cross-namespace secret access, violating security boundaries and potential
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"external-secrets","vendor":"external-secrets","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 0.10.1, < 0.20.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:df179e44dcbc4af535971bddc991c68c88401f27b18b95f39474e9678b96f473 · sha256:c5388fd27d251539… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:df179e44dcbc4af535971bddc991c68c88401f27b18b95f39474e9678b96f473 · sha256:c5388fd27d251539… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-284","description":"CWE-284: Improper Access Control","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:df179e44dcbc4af535971bddc991c68c88401f27b18b95f39474e9678b96f473 · sha256:c5388fd27d251539… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-vf79-2pjx-phpp","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-vf79-2pjx-phpp"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:df179e44dcbc4af535971bddc991c68c88401f27b18b95f39474e9678b96f473 · sha256:c5388fd27d251539… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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