CVE-2024-36540

Published: Jul 24, 2024Modified: Jun 27, 2025

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

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.

Affected (1)

Products: External Secrets: External Secrets Operator

External Secrets

1 product

External Secrets Operator

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
External Secrets External Secrets Operator	Version 0.9.16

Related CWEs

CWE-277

Insecure Inherited Permissions

A product defines a set of insecure permissions that are inherited by objects that are created by the program.

References (2)

https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/a4834f3c8450f9d89e2bc4d5c4beef6a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://gist.github.com/HouqiyuA/a4834f3c8450f9d89e2bc4d5c4beef6a

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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