Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-64171MARIN3R: Cross-Namespace Vulnerability in the Operator

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity missing authorization in marin3r from 3scale-sre. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.7High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

MARIN3R is a lightweight, CRD based envoy control plane for kubernetes. In versions 0.13.3 and below, there is a cross-namespace secret access vulnerability in the project's DiscoveryServiceCertificate which allows users to bypass RBAC and access secrets in unauthorized namespaces. This issue is fixed in version 0.13.4.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/3scale-sre/marin3r0.13.4GHSA-gf93-xccm-5g6j
Gogithub.com/3scale-sre/marin3r0.13.4GO-2025-4093

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
3scale-sre marin3r < 0.13.4

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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