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CVE-2026-77524
Published:October 14, 2026
Updated:October 15, 2026
KEDA is a Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling component. In version 2.20.2 and earlier, a namespace administrator who can create TriggerAuthentication and ScaledObject resources can set hashiCorpVault.address to a tenant-controlled endpoint and select Kubernetes authentication without an explicit credential. KEDA then uses the operator pod's projected ServiceAccount token and sends it to that endpoint as a Vault login credential. The JWT-shape filter from the prior CVE-2025-68476 remediation accepts the operator token because its subject is a Kubernetes ServiceAccount, so the attacker can obtain the operator's cluster-wide permissions, including broad Secret reads and workload or admission-related operations. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.21.0.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/kedacore/keda.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2.20.0 <v2.21.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.21.0
github.com/kedacore/keda/v2 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v2.20.0 <v2.21.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.21.0
github.com/kedacore/keda/v2 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=eeefb100ad9418a3add72b481d2495feb0318d99 <v2.21.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.21.0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Privilege Management
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.64