MARIN3R: Cross-Namespace Vulnerability in the OperatorGHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j
Fix: 3scale-sre/marin3r#294GHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j is a CWE-862 vulnerability in github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r. A fix is available for github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r — see the affected versions and patch details below.
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 GHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/3scale-sre/marin3rReal-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
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 | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r | all versions | 0.13.4go get github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r@v0.13.4 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/3scale-sre/marin3r to 0.13.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
The severity is considered Moderate, because exploitation can be done over the network via the K8s API (AV:N), no unusual conditions are required for the attack (AC:L), however, the attacker must already hold permissions to create DiscoveryServiceCertificate objects in some namespace, without requiring elevated…
As an interim workaround, restrict permissions so that only trusted cluster administrators can create DiscoveryServiceCertificate resources until the update is appliedSource: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j (CC BY 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
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