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High · 7.3 CVE-2026-62290 BIT-cert-manager-2026-62290EUVD-2026-45017GHSA-8rvj-mm4h-c258GO-2026-6889

cert-manager: Direct ACME Challenge resources can bypass Issuer DNS01 solver policy and use ClusterIssuer DNS credentials

Published Jul 16, 2026 · Updated Jul 18, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

cert-manager adds certificates and certificate issuers as resource types in Kubernetes clusters, and simplifies the process of obtaining, renewing and using those certificates. From 1.18.0 until 1.19.6 and 1.20.3, Challenge resources under acme.cert-manager.io can be created directly by namespace users without admission validation tying the Challenge to an Order, owner reference, or Issuer-selected solver, allowing attacker-controlled Challenge.spec.solver values referencing a ClusterIssuer to bypass DNS01 solver selectors such as dnsZones, dnsNames, and matchLabels and cause cert-manager to use ClusterIssuer DNS credentials for attacker-selected provider settings and DNS names, including disclosure of X-Api-User and X-Api-Key headers for acme-dns. This issue is fixed in versions 1.19.6 and 1.20.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
cert-manager cert-manager >= 1.18.0, < 1.19.6, >= 1.20.0, < 1.20.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling aws-privateca-issuer 1.9.0-r4 —
Wolfi rolling cert-manager-cmctl 2.5.0-r12 —
Wolfi rolling cert-manager-csi-driver 0.15.0-r9 —
Wolfi rolling cert-manager-istio-csr 0.16.0-r18 —
Wolfi rolling cert-manager-webhook-pdns 2.5.5-r17 —
Wolfi rolling kuberay-operator 1.7.0-r1 —
Wolfi rolling mariadb-operator 26.6.0-r4 —
Wolfi rolling percona-server-mongodb-operator 1.22.0-r22 —
Wolfi rolling step-issuer 0.12.0-r3 —
Wolfi rolling step-issuer-compat 0.12.0-r12 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager >= 1.18.0, < 1.19.6 1.19.6 GHSA-8rvj-mm4h-c258
Go github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager >= 1.20.0-alpha.0, < 1.20.3 1.20.3 GHSA-8rvj-mm4h-c258
Go github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager >= 1.18.0, < 1.19.6 · >= 1.20.0-alpha.0, < 1.20.3 1.19.6, 1.20.3 GO-2026-6889

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