Fission: MessageQueueTrigger scaler manager materializes Secret values into Deployment…
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Privilege escalation, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200, CWE-269 and CWE-284.
Summary
### Summary The Fission MessageQueueTrigger (MQT) scaler controller exposed two privilege-escalation primitives to any subject able to create MQTs in a namespace. ### Details **1. Secret materialization.** `getEnvVarlist` in `pkg/mqtrigger/scalermanager.go` read the Secret named in `Spec.Secret` using the controller's cluster-wide `secrets/get` RBAC and emitted each key as a literal `EnvVar.Value`, copying the plaintext secret content into the connector Deployment's pod template. A subject holding `messagequeuetriggers/create` but **not** `secrets/get` could exfiltrate any Secret in the namespace by pointing an MQT at it. **2. PodSpec injection.** `Spec.PodSpec` was merged into the controller-built connector PodSpec via `util.MergePodSpec` with no allowlist on which fields could come from the user. An MQT could substitute `Containers[].Image` (run any image), override `Command`/`Args`, inject `Env`, add `VolumeMounts` + `Volumes`, override `ServiceAccountName`, and set `HostNetwork`/`HostPID`/`HostIPC` — turning `messagequeuetriggers/create` into effective `deployments/create` with an arbitrary image and service account. ### Impact A tenant with only `messagequeuetriggers.fission.io/create` in a namespace could read any Secret in that namespace and run an arbitrary container image under an arbitrary service account, escalating well beyond their intended RBAC. ### Fix Fixed in [#3367](https://github.com/fission/fission/pull/3367) and released in [v1.24.0](https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0). - `getEnvVarlist` now emits `EnvVar.ValueFrom.SecretKeyRef` so the connector pod resolves values at start time under its own service account. The secret values are never written into the Deployment object and never logged. - A new allowlist, `MergeAllowedPodSpecFields` (`pkg/executor/util/merge_allowlist.go`), accepts only `NodeSelector`, `Tolerations`, `Affinity`, `RuntimeClassName`, and per-container `Resources`. All other user-supplied fields are dropped at the controller layer, and the validating webhook rejects every populated non-allowlisted field with a clear error. The webhook and the merge helper share a single canonical `DisallowedPodSpecFields` enumeration so they cannot drift. ### Behavioural change MQT authors that previously overrode the connector image, command, args, env, volumes, service account, or host namespaces via `Spec.PodSpec` will see those fields rejected at admission (or silently dropped if the webhook is disabled). Allowlisted fields flow through unchanged.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | github.com/fission/fission (Go) | before 1.24.0 | 1.24.0 | Patch available | GHSA-7m8x-qg2j-4m3v |
- github.com/fission/fission (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.24.0 Fixed in 1.24.0 Patch available GHSA-7m8x-qg2j-4m3v
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-7m8x-qg2j-4m3v github.com/fission/fission (Go) Fixed in 1.24.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-7m8x-qg2j-4m3v
References
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