CVE-2026-42875

Summary

External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Prior to 2.4.0, Namespaced SecretStore resources that used CAProvider with type ConfigMap could resolve CA material from another namespace when caProvider.namespace was set. This bypassed the namespace boundary enforced for SecretStore-backed references in providers that rely on the shared runtime CA resolver. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.0.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
external-secretsexternal-secrets< 2.4.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-285: CWE-285: Improper Authorization
  • CWE-668: CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: total

References