# External Secrets Operator vulnerabilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/external-secrets-operator  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Updated: 9 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour.  
Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/external-secrets-operator.json  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 3 vulnerabilities in External Secrets Operator: 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-42876, was published on 11 May 2026.

## Counts

- Last 7 days: 0
- Last 30 days: 0
- Last 90 days: 0
- All time: 3 (0 critical, 0 exploited in the wild)

## About External Secrets Operator

Kubernetes operator that synchronizes secrets from external systems into Kubernetes Secret resources.

## Latest External Secrets Operator vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-42876: External Secrets Operator privilege escalation via Service Account token injection](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42876-external-secrets-operator-privilege-escalation-via-service) (medium, CVSS 4.9, published 11 May 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42875: External Secrets Operator namespace isolation bypass in CAProvider ConfigMap](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42875-external-secrets-operator-namespace-isolation-bypass-in) (medium, CVSS 4, published 11 May 2026)
- [CVE-2026-22822: External Secrets Operator authorization bypass in getSecretKey function](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-22822-external-secrets-operator-authorization-bypass-in-getsecretkey) (high, CVSS 8.8, published 21 Jan 2026)

## Most severe External Secrets Operator vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-22822: External Secrets Operator authorization bypass in getSecretKey function](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-22822-external-secrets-operator-authorization-bypass-in-getsecretkey) (high, CVSS 8.8, published 21 Jan 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42876: External Secrets Operator privilege escalation via Service Account token injection](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42876-external-secrets-operator-privilege-escalation-via-service) (medium, CVSS 4.9, published 11 May 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42875: External Secrets Operator namespace isolation bypass in CAProvider ConfigMap](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42875-external-secrets-operator-namespace-isolation-bypass-in) (medium, CVSS 4, published 11 May 2026)

## Vulnerabilities per week

Nothing was published in the last eight weeks.

| Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources

NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "External Secrets Operator vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/external-secrets-operator, 9 November 2026.