GHSA-gc3j-79f2-7vvw
Fission: Cross-namespace event leakage via KubernetesWatchTrigger allows persistent tenant surveillance
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/fission/fission | < 1.24.0 | 1.24.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
A low-privilege developer who could create a `KubernetesWatchTrigger` (KWT) in their own namespace was able to establish a persistent surveillance channel over any other namespace.
### Details
Two independent flaws compounded:
1. `pkg/kubewatcher/kubewatcher.go::createKubernetesWatch` used `w.Spec.Namespace` (user-controlled) directly as the Watch target without checking it against `w.Namespace` (the KWT's own namespace). `kubewatcher` established the Watch
using its cluster-scoped service account and serialized every Pod/Service/Job change event as full JSON over HTTP POST to the attacker's function.
2. The validating webhook (`pkg/webhook/kuberneteswatchtrigger.go`) registered `verbs=create` only, so `update`/`patch` requests bypassed validation entirely.
A separate leak: an empty `spec.namespace` resolved to **all namespaces** via the controller's default, letting an attacker omit the field to surveil the entire cluster.
### Impact
A tenant with `kuberneteswatchtriggers.fission.io/create` could continuously receive full event payloads for Pods, Services, and Jobs in any namespace — a persistent cross-tenant surveillance channel requiring no additional privileges.
### Fix
Fixed in [#3379](https://github.com/fission/fission/pull/3379) and released in [v1.24.0](https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0).
- The validating webhook marker is extended to `verbs=create;update`.
- `Validate` rejects `KubernetesWatchTrigger.spec.namespace != metadata.namespace`.
- A controller guard in `createKubernetesWatch` rejects cross-namespace targets that bypass admission and coerces an empty `Spec.Namespace` to the trigger's own namespace.
### Behavioural change
KubernetesWatchTriggers with an unset `spec.namespace` now watch only their own namespace instead of all namespaces. Anyone relying on the previous all-namespaces behaviour must create a separate KWT per namespace.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/fission/fission/security/advisories/GHSA-gc3j-79f2-7vvw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49822
- https://github.com/fission/fission/pull/3379
- https://github.com/fission/fission/commit/e2b92663499f4dc3a1e2d38178f39c3c65e0134a
- https://github.com/fission/fission
- https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0