Fulcio has OIDC Discovery Redirect Following Allows SSRF and JWKS Substitution for Meta-Issuer Paths, with Kubernetes Service-Account Token Leakage
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-49478 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | GitHub_M |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-08-13 13:19:09 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-08-15 04:18:21 UTC |
| Description | Fulcio is a certificate authority for issuing code signing certificates for an OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity. Versions through 1.8.5 improperly follow cross-host redirects and attach Kubernetes ServiceAccount tokens during OIDC discovery, allowing a malicious or compromised issuer to perform blind SSRF, substitute and cache malicious JWKS keys, or disclose ServiceAccount tokens to external hosts. Version 1.8.6 blocks cross-host redirects, restricts token injection, and restricts local token loading. No known workarounds are available. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.7 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.002820000 probability, percentile 0.207050000 (date 2026-08-16)
Problem Types: CWE-918 | CWE-918 CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Secondary | 8.7 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| 3.1 | CNA | DECLARED | 8.7 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
HighPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
ChangedConfidentiality
HighIntegrity
HighAvailability
NoneCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/sigstore/fulcio/pull/2354 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/sigstore/fulcio/releases/tag/v1.8.6 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/sigstore/fulcio/commit/378c654f48c3bafdced04ead7010aab2cb4c6ca1 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/sigstore/fulcio/security/advisories/GHSA-f5mr-q85p-6hh6 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.