CVE-2024-36540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2024-07-24

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:external-secrets:external_secrets_operator:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-36152	Insecure permissions in external-secrets v0.9.16 allows attackers to access sensitive data and escalate privileges by obtaining the service account's token.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00261.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		External-secrets external Secrets Operator
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:external-secrets:external_secrets_operator:0.9.16:::::::*
Vendors & Products		External-secrets external Secrets Operator

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-277

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-284

Subscriptions

External-secrets External-secrets External Secrets Operator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-13T18:38:34.592Z

Reserved: 2024-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-36540

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:37:05.337Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-24T17:15:10.827

Modified: 2025-06-27T16:50:19.583

Link: CVE-2024-36540

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-277

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