CVE-2024-36540

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published7/24/2024

Last Modified6/27/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

external-secrets:external_secrets_operator

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-277

References

https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/a4834f3c8450f9d89e2bc4d5c4beef6a(cve@mitre.org)

https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/a4834f3c8450f9d89e2bc4d5c4beef6a(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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