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GHSA-f5mr-q85p-6hh6

HighCVSS 8.7 / 10
Published Jun 30, 2026·Last modified Jun 30, 2026
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No affected components available

Description

Impact

Three security vulnerabilities were identified in the OIDC Discovery client:

  1. Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Cross-Host Redirects: Fulcio uses an HTTP client to fetch OIDC discovery metadata (/.well-known/openid-configuration). Prior to this fix, if a configured issuer returned an HTTP redirect to a different host, the client followed it by default. This allowed a compromised or malicious issuer to redirect Fulcio's discovery requests to internal-only systems, resulting in blind SSRF.

  2. JWKS Substitution and Cache Poisoning: Because cross-host redirects were permitted during OIDC discovery, an attacker could manipulate the discovery flow to return a malicious jwks_uri pointing to an attacker-controlled host. When Fulcio successfully initialized the provider and cached the resulting verifier in the verifier cache, it poisoned the cache with the attacker's verification keys. The attacker could then present signatures validated against the poisoned keys.

  3. Kubernetes ServiceAccount Token Leakage: Fulcio mounts an in-cluster Kubernetes ServiceAccount token to authenticate OIDC discovery requests sent to the local control plane API server (https://kubernetes.default.svc).

    • Cross-Host Redirects & JWKS: The token was previously attached globally by the transport, leaking it to third-party hosts if the issuer performed a redirect or if the jwks_uri pointed to a different domain.
    • Wildcard MetaIssuers: If a wildcard MetaIssuer of type kubernetes (e.g., matching external EKS/GKE endpoints) was matched, and a local Kubernetes issuer was present in the config, the transport loaded and attached the local in-cluster ServiceAccount token to outbound requests sent to the external host.

Patches

The following mitigations have been applied:

  • Blocked Cross-Host Redirects: A custom callback is configured on all OIDC discovery HTTP clients to reject redirects that attempt to cross the original issuer's host boundary.
  • Restricted Token Injection: Updated the transport to only attach the ServiceAccount token when the outgoing request's host exactly matches the configured host of the issuer.
  • Restricted Local Token Loading: Constrained the loader to only load and wrap the transport with the local ServiceAccount token when the target issuer URL exactly matches the private local API server (https://kubernetes.default.svc).

Workarounds

None, upgrade to v1.8.6

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.7

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
8.0

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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