CVE-2024-36540: External-Secrets External Secrets Operator

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• External-Secrets External Secrets Operator: version 0.9.16 only

Published 2024-07-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.