Description
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 1.3.2, a bug in the `webhook` generator initialization order incorrectly cleared the label-enforcement flag (`EnforceLabels`) after it was set, resulting in the provider-side check for `external-secrets.io/type=webhook` being skipped (and the operation to succeed while it should have failed with `secret does not contain needed label 'external-secrets.io/type: webhook'. Update secret label to use it with webhook`. Version 1.3.2 contains a patch.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q7hv-xx6h-q2x8 External Secrets Operator: label enforcement bypass in webhook generator enables secret exfiltration
History

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Description External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 1.3.2, a bug in the `webhook` generator initialization order incorrectly cleared the label-enforcement flag (`EnforceLabels`) after it was set, resulting in the provider-side check for `external-secrets.io/type=webhook` being skipped (and the operation to succeed while it should have failed with `secret does not contain needed label 'external-secrets.io/type: webhook'. Update secret label to use it with webhook`. Version 1.3.2 contains a patch.
Title External Secrets Operator: label enforcement bypass in webhook generator enables secret exfiltration
Weaknesses CWE-696
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T15:31:56.088Z

Reserved: 2026-02-12T17:10:53.415Z

Link: CVE-2026-26287

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-06T16:17:07.180

Modified: 2026-10-06T16:17:07.180

Link: CVE-2026-26287

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