GHSA-hjrh-q6pg-mh82: Incorrect authorization in issuer resolution in AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes

Published Oct 29, 2026
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Updated

Incorrect authorization in the issuer resolution logic in AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes (aws-privateca-issuer) before v1.10.1 might allow an authenticated remote user to obtain certificates, including subordinate CA certificates, signed by a cluster-scoped AWS Private CA issuer that their approval policy does not authorize.

To remediate this issue, users should upgrade aws-privateca-issuer to version v1.10.1 or the AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes EKS add-on to version v1.10.1-eksbuild.1, and update any certificate requests, Certificate resources, or Ingress annotations whose issuerRef.kind is missing, incorrect, or does not match the referenced issuer, since v1.10.1 requires issuerRef.kind to be exactly AWSPCAIssuer or AWSPCAClusterIssuer and to match the issuer it references.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade aws-privateca-issuer to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in v1.10.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes EKS add-on to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in v1.10.1-eksbuild.1
  3. Configuration

    Update certificate requests, Certificate resources, and Ingress annotations so issuerRef.kind is present, exactly AWSPCAIssuer or AWSPCAClusterIssuer, and matches the referenced issuer.

    AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes issuerRef.kind = AWSPCAIssuer or AWSPCAClusterIssuer

Event History

Oct 29, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·04:37 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·04:37 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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