high8.7
CVE-2025-64171
MARIN3R: Cross-Namespace Vulnerability in the Operator
Impact
## Summary Cross-namespace Secret access vulnerability in DiscoveryServiceCertificate allows users to bypass RBAC and access Secrets in unauthorized namespaces. ## Affected Versions All versions prior to v0.13.4 ## Patched Versions v0.13.4 and later ## Impact Users with permission to create DiscoveryServiceCertificate resources in one namespace can indirectly read Secrets from other namespaces, completely bypassing Kubernetes RBAC security boundaries. ## Workarounds Restrict DiscoveryServiceCertificate create permissions to cluster administrators only until patched version is deployed. ## Credit Thanks to @debuggerchen for the responsible disclosure.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r | <= 0.13.3 | 0.13.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r/commit/859b14115fde1d67620e645cd1b62e90e30d9981
- https://github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r/security/advisories/GHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j
- https://github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r/pull/294
- https://github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r/commit/c60246a43ae8c0c38dd7267f298d68a121a159fa
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64171