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GHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j

HighCVSS 8.7 / 10
Published Nov 4, 2025·Last modified Nov 17, 2025
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Summary

Cross-namespace Secret access vulnerability in DiscoveryServiceCertificate allows users to bypass RBAC and access Secrets in unauthorized namespaces.

Affected Versions

All versions prior to v0.13.4

Patched Versions

v0.13.4 and later

Impact

Users with permission to create DiscoveryServiceCertificate resources in one namespace can indirectly read Secrets from other namespaces, completely bypassing Kubernetes RBAC security boundaries.

Workarounds

Restrict DiscoveryServiceCertificate create permissions to cluster administrators only until patched version is deployed.

Credit

Thanks to @debuggerchen for the responsible disclosure.

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.7

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
6.6

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.20%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in 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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