Flyte 2.0.1 through 2.0.51 Cleartext Secret Exposure via Admission Webhook

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-108728",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Flyte 2.0.1 through 2.0.51 Cleartext Secret Exposure via Admission Webhook",
    "summary": "Flyte 2.0.1 through 2.0.51 contains a cleartext secret storage vulnerability that allows users with Pod read access to obtain secrets by reading init container environment variables. The embedded secret manager webhook writes base64-encoded FILE-mounted secret values into the SECRETS environment variable, letting principals without Secret store access decode them from the Pod spec.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-108728",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte",
              "type": "GIT",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:42.085804558Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/108xxx/CVE-2026-108728.json",
        "https://hackmd.io/@haind/flyte-file-secret-pod-spec-disclosure-20261010",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108728",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flyte-2.0.1-through-2.0.51-cleartext-secret-exposure-via-admission-webhook",
        "https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte",
        "https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte/blob/5986692d3c31d2f2a8a48593219ae6b73644a179/executor/pkg/webhook/handler.go#L168-L189",
        "https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte/blob/5986692d3c31d2f2a8a48593219ae6b73644a179/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/secret/embedded_secret_manager.go#L389-L394",
        "https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte/blob/5986692d3c31d2f2a8a48593219ae6b73644a179/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/secret/embedded_secret_manager.go#L531-L546"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 510043,
  "published_at": "2026-10-11T12:19:36.569+00:00"
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