Server-side request forgery in bank-vaults vault-secrets-webhook
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
vault-secrets-webhook is a Kubernetes mutating webhook that makes direct secret injection into Pods possible. Prior to 1.23.1, parseVaultConfig() in pkg/webhook/config.go accepts the vault.security.banzaicloud.io/vault-addr annotation, MutateConfigMap and MutateSecret call newVaultClient in pkg/webhook/webhook.go, and vault.security.banzaicloud.io/vault-serviceaccount can cause a ServiceAccount JWT to be sent to an attacker-controlled Vault address. This issue is fixed in version 1.23.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bank-vaults | vault-secrets-webhook | before 1.23.1 | 1.23.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook (Go) | before 1.23.1 | 1.23.1 | Patch available | GHSA-r2v3-8gwf-7ghm |
- vault-secrets-webhook Vendorbank-vaults Affected before 1.23.1 Fixed in 1.23.1 Patch available CNA
- github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.23.1 Fixed in 1.23.1 Patch available GHSA-r2v3-8gwf-7ghm
Remediation
- Fix · CNA vault-secrets-webhook (bank-vaults) Fixed in 1.23.1
- Fix · GHSA-r2v3-8gwf-7ghm github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook (Go) Fixed in 1.23.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54725
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2v3-8gwf-7ghm
References
Other 4
- https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook/security/advisories/GHSA-r2v3-8gwf-7ghm
- https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook/commit/76db45976fee0f54cafd94dffa425e6b542f65a0
- https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook/releases/tag/v1.23.1
- https://github.com/bank-vaults/vault-secrets-webhook
Sources
- CVE-2026-54725 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-54725 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r2v3-8gwf-7ghm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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