Upstream information

CVE-2025-55196 at MITRE

Description

External Secrets Operator is a Kubernetes operator that integrates external secret management systems. From version 0.15.0 to before 0.19.2, a vulnerability was discovered where the List() calls for Kubernetes Secret and SecretStore resources performed by the PushSecret controller did not apply a namespace selector. This flaw allowed an attacker to use label selectors to list and read secrets/secret-stores across the cluster, bypassing intended namespace restrictions. An attacker with the ability to create or update PushSecret resources and control SecretStore configurations could exploit this vulnerability to exfiltrate sensitive data from arbitrary namespaces. This could lead to full disclosure of Kubernetes secrets, including credentials, tokens, and other sensitive information stored in the cluster. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround for this issue includes auditing and restricting RBAC permissions so that only trusted service accounts can create or update PushSecret and SecretStore resources.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having not set severity.

CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub)
Base Score 7.1
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-EC2
Image SLE-Micro-EC2
  • cloud-netconfig-ec2 >= 1.18-slfo.1.1_1.1
Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-GCE
Image SLE-Micro-GCE
  • cloud-netconfig-gce >= 1.18-slfo.1.1_1.1
Image SLE-Micro
Image SLE-Micro-Azure
Image SLE-Micro-BYOS
Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-Azure
  • cloud-netconfig-azure >= 1.18-slfo.1.1_1.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20250818T190335-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15469

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 govulncheck-vulndb Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 govulncheck-vulndb Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Aug 14 02:00:53 2025
CVE page last modified: Sat Aug 1 11:25:21 2026