CVE-2024-45041
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
External Secrets Operator vulnerable to privilege escalation in github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets | <0.10.2 | 0.10.2 |
References
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-qwgc-rr35-h4x9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45041
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/0368b9806f660fa6bc52cbbf3c6ccdb27c58bb35
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/428a452fd2ad45935312f2c2c0d40bc37ce6e67c
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/blob/main/deploy/charts/external-secrets/templates/cert-controller-rbac.yaml#L27
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/blob/main/deploy/charts/external-secrets/templates/cert-controller-rbac.yaml#L49
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3126
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.