What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-22728?

CVE-2026-22728 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Suse are affected by CVE-2026-22728?

Organizations using Bitnami Sealed Secrets should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2026-22728, a improper access control vulnerability rated CVSS 4.9.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-22728?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Suse CVE-2026-22728

MEDIUM

Improper Access Control (CWE-284)

2026-02-26 security@vmware.com

GHSA-465p-v42x-3fmj

Authentication Bypass Suse

4.9

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.9 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SUSE

MEDIUM

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 21:55 vuln.today

CVE Published

Feb 26, 2026 - 02:16 nvd

MEDIUM 4.9

DescriptionCVE.org

Bitnami Sealed Secrets is vulnerable to a scope-widening attack during the secret rotation (/v1/rotate) flow. The rotation handler derives the sealing scope for the newly encrypted output from untrusted spec.template.metadata.annotations present in the input SealedSecret. By submitting a victim SealedSecret to the rotate endpoint with the annotation sealedsecrets.bitnami.com/cluster-wide=true injected into the template metadata, a remote attacker can obtain a rotated version of the secret that is cluster-wide. This bypasses original "strict" or "namespace-wide" constraints, allowing the attacker to retarget and unseal the secret in any namespace or under any name to recover the plaintext credentials.

AnalysisAI

Bitnami Sealed Secrets improperly validates user-supplied annotations during secret rotation, allowing authenticated attackers to escalate secret scope from namespace-wide or strict constraints to cluster-wide. An attacker can inject a malicious annotation into the rotation request to obtain a rotated secret accessible across any namespace, potentially enabling lateral movement and unauthorized access to sensitive credentials throughout the cluster.

Technical ContextAI

Classified as CWE-284 (Improper Access Control). Bitnami Sealed Secrets is vulnerable to a scope-widening attack during the secret rotation (/v1/rotate) flow. The rotation handler derives the sealing scope for the newly encrypted output from untrusted spec.template.metadata.annotations present in the input SealedSecret. By submitting a victim SealedSecret to the rotate endpoint with the annotation sealedsecrets.bitnami.com/cluster-wide=true injected into the template metadata, a remote attacker can obtain a rotated version of the secret that i

Affected ProductsAI

Bitnami Sealed Secrets is vulnerable to a scope-widening attack during the secret rotation (/v1/rotate) flow. The rotation handler derives the sealing