CVE-2026-22822
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
External Secrets Operator insecurely retrieves secrets through the getSecretKey templating function in github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
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 | >=0.20.2,<1.2.0 | 1.2.0 |
References
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-77v3-r3jw-j2v2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22822
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/issues/5690
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/pull/3895
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/17d3e22b8d3fbe339faf8515a95ec06ec92b1feb
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/releases/tag/v1.2.0
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.