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Description

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, 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 in version 1.2.0, as everything done with that templating function can be done in a different way while respecting External Secrets Operator's safeguards As a workaround, use a policy engine such as Kubernetes, Kyverno, Kubewarden, or OPA to prevent the usage of `getSecretKey` in any ExternalSecret resource.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-09 | Published 2026-01-21 | Updated 2026-01-21 | Assigner GitHub_M




CRITICAL: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Problem types

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Product status

>= 0.20.2, < 1.2.0
affected

References

github.com/...ecrets/security/advisories/GHSA-77v3-r3jw-j2v2

github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/issues/5690

github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/pull/3895

github.com/...ommit/17d3e22b8d3fbe339faf8515a95ec06ec92b1feb

github.com/...l-secrets/external-secrets/releases/tag/v1.2.0

cve.org (CVE-2026-22822)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-22822)

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