Devtron Attributes API Unauthorized Access Leading to API Token Signing Key Leakage
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Devtron is an open source tool integration platform for Kubernetes. In version 2.0.0 and prior, a vulnerability exists in Devtron's Attributes API interface, allowing any authenticated user (including low-privileged CI/CD Developers) to obtain the global API Token signing key by accessing the /orchestrator/attributes?key=apiTokenSecret endpoint. After obtaining the key, attackers can forge JWT tokens for arbitrary user identities offline, thereby gaining complete control over the Devtron platform and laterally moving to the underlying Kubernetes cluster. This issue has been patched via commit d2b0d26.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| devtron-labs | devtron | up to 2.0.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/devtron-labs/devtron (Go) | up to 2.0.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-8wpc-j9q9-j5m2 |
- devtron Vendordevtron-labs Affected up to 2.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/devtron-labs/devtron (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 2.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-8wpc-j9q9-j5m2
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-25538
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8wpc-j9q9-j5m2
References
More devtron-labs vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-57186 Devtron through 2.2.0 Missing Authorization via webhook API token endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-25538 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-25538 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8wpc-j9q9-j5m2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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