Description (CNA)
External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets. Versions 2.2.0 and below contain a vulnerability in runtime/template/v2/template.go where the v2 template engine removes env and expandenv from Sprig's TxtFuncMap() but leaves the getHostByName function accessible to user-controlled templates. Since ESO executes templates within the controller process, an attacker who can create or update templated ExternalSecret resources can invoke controller-side DNS lookups using secret-derived values. This creates a DNS exfiltration primitive, allowing fetched secret material to be leaked via DNS queries without requiring direct outbound network access from the attacker's workload. The impact is a confidentiality issue, particularly in environments where untrusted or lower-trust users can author templated ExternalSecret resources and the controller has DNS resolution capability. This issue has been fixed in version 2.3.0.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| external-secrets / external-secrets | affected < 2.3.0 |
CWE
CWE-200
References
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/security/advisories/GHSA-r2pg-r6h7-crf3
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/commit/6800989bdc12782ca2605d3b8bf7f2876a16551a
- https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/releases/tag/v2.3.0
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