{"cve":"CVE-2024-45041","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-09T15:15:11.940","modified":"2026-06-17T07:53:28.743","status":"Analyzed","description":"External Secrets Operator is a Kubernetes operator that integrates external secret management systems. The external-secrets has a deployment called default-external-secrets-cert-controller, which is bound with a same-name ClusterRole. This ClusterRole has \"get/list\" verbs of secrets resources. It also has path/update verb of validatingwebhookconfigurations resources.  This can be used to abuse the SA token of the deployment to retrieve or get ALL secrets in the whole cluster, capture and log all data from requests attempting to update Secrets, or make a webhook deny all Pod create and update requests. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.10.2.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-732","CWE-269"],"references":["https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/428a452fd2ad45935312f2c2c0d40bc37ce6e67c","https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-qwgc-rr35-h4x9"],"products":["external-secrets:external_secrets_operator"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-45041","score":0.00591,"percentile":0.48267,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qwgc-rr35-h4x9","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qwgc-rr35-h4x9","summary":"External Secrets Operator vulnerable to privilege escalation","modified":"2024-09-18T18:44:47Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets","ranges":["<0.10.2"],"fixed":["0.10.2"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-3126","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-3126","summary":"External Secrets Operator vulnerable to privilege escalation in github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets","modified":"2026-03-03T04:55:47.664385Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets","ranges":["<0.10.2"],"fixed":["0.10.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}