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SCA: security update for github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/apis (GHSA-fq7h-9x26-6j22)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441528

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service and automatically injects the
 values as Kubernetes Secrets. Prior to 2.4.1, a user who only has permission to create ExternalSecret
 resources can cause the operator to create a Secret that Kubernetes will automatically populate with a
 long-lived token for the specified service account. This effectively allows the user to impersonate any
 service account in the namespace without needing direct create permissions on TokenRequest or Secrets of
 that type. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.1. (CVE-2026-42876)

Solution

Update the github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/apis library and its related packages to version 2.4.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fq7h-9x26-6j22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441528

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/8/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.38

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42876

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42876