GHSA-7m8x-qg2j-4m3v json
Fission: MessageQueueTrigger scaler manager materializes Secret values into Deployment envvars and accepts arbitrary user PodSpec
published 4mo ago modified 4mo ago also GO-2026-5849
- cvss
- 8.1
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
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- no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/fission/fission 1.24.0
- github.com/fission/fission@94bf579 commit
- github.com/fission/fission#3367 pull request
- github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0 release
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Check with FencerCVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | 3.1 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/fission/fission | <1.24.0 |
1.24.0 |
Classification
References
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github.com
/fission/fission/pull/3367
web, patch
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github.com
/fission/fission/commit/94bf5792396989fdd71961e8701833c8110da889
web, patch
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github.com
/fission/fission/security/advisories/GHSA-7m8x-qg2j-4m3v
web, advisory
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github.com
/fission/fission
package
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github.com
/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0
web
Sources
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7m8x-qg2j-4m3v
- OSV GO-2026-5849
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