Vulnerability in Flyteorg Flyte
CVE-2026-108728
Flyte 2.0.1 through 2.0.51 contains a cleartext secret storage vulnerability that allows users with Pod read access to obtain secrets by reading init container environment variables. The embedded secret manager webhook writes base64-encoded FILE-mounted secret values into the SECRETS environment variable, letting principals without Secret store access decode them from the Pod spec.
Published .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- hackmd.io/@haind/flyte-file-secret-pod-spec-disclosure-20261010 (third-party-advisory)
- github.com/flyteorg/flyte/blob/5986692d3c31d2f2a8a48593219ae6b73644a179/flytepl… (technical-description)
- github.com/flyteorg/flyte/blob/5986692d3c31d2f2a8a48593219ae6b73644a179/flytepl… (technical-description)
- github.com/flyteorg/flyte/blob/5986692d3c31d2f2a8a48593219ae6b73644a179/executo… (technical-description)
- github.com/flyteorg/flyte (product)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flyte-2.0.1-through-2.0.51-cleartext-secret-exposu… (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-108728?
- CVE-2026-108728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Flyteorg Flyte, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-11.
- How severe is CVE-2026-108728?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.