Missing Authorization Affecting external-secrets-operator-fips-2.0 package, versions <2.0.1-r12


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-EXTERNALSECRETSOPERATORFIPS20-18597870
  • published9 Aug 2026
  • disclosed22 May 2026

Introduced: 22 May 2026

CVE-2026-39833  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard external-secrets-operator-fips-2.0 to version 2.0.1-r12 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream external-secrets-operator-fips-2.0 package and not the external-secrets-operator-fips-2.0 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

The in-memory keyring returned by NewKeyring() silently accepted keys with the ConfirmBeforeUse constraint but never enforced it. The key would sign without any confirmation prompt, with no indication to the caller that the constraint was not in effect. NewKeyring() now returns an error when unsupported constraints are requested.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1