CVE-2026-49823 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.7) CWE-284 vulnerability in github.com/fission/fission. A fix is available for github.com/fission/fission — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Fission: Cross-namespace Package read via unvalidated PackageRef in Function admission webhook
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-49823.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-49823 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,145 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/fission/fissionReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Summary
A Fission Function spec carries three reference types — Secret, ConfigMap, and Package. The first two were namespace-validated by the admission webhook; PackageRef.Namespace was not.
Details
A tenant with functions.fission.io/create in their own namespace could set spec.package.packageref.namespace to any other namespace. When the function is invoked, the fetcher sidecar reads the victim Package using the
fission-fetcher service account's namespace-wide get packages permission and writes its contents to /userfunc/deployarchive inside the attacker's pool pod, exposing the victim's source code and any embedded credentials.
The fission-fetcher SA holds get packages in every configured function namespace (granted by charts/fission-all/templates/_function-access-role.tpl), so the namespace check was the only barrier between the attacker and any
in-cluster Fission Package.
Impact
A function author in one namespace could read the deployment archive — and therefore the source code and embedded secrets — of any Package in any other namespace.
Fix
Fixed in #3389 and released in v1.24.0.
The admission webhook (pkg/webhook/function.go::Validate) rejects Function.spec.package.packageref.namespace != metadata.namespace. An empty namespace remains accepted (controllers default it to the function's namespace). This
shipped together with the EnvironmentRef cross-namespace check (GHSA-cvw6-gfvv-953q).
Behavioural change
Functions that explicitly set spec.package.packageref.namespace to a different namespace are now rejected at admission.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/fission/fission | all versions | 1.24.0go get github.com/fission/fission@v1.24.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/fission/fission, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/fission/fission to 1.24.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-49823 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2026-49823 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2026-49823. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-49823 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2026-49823 across Go dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.