CVE-2026-49824: Fission Cross-namespace Environment Reference Vulnerability

HIGH
Advisory Identifier: GHSA-cvw6-gfvv-953q
CVSS 8.5
CWE-284 CWE-863
Published
Advisory Summary

CVE-2026-49824 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.5) cross-namespace environment reference vulnerability (CWE-284: Improper Access Control) affecting Fission libraries in the Go ecosystem. The issue involves cross-namespace environment reference via unvalidated environmentref in function admission webhook. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 1.24.0.

CVE-2026-49824 at a Glance

CVE Identifier CVE-2026-49824
GHSA Identifier GHSA-cvw6-gfvv-953q
Severity HIGH
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 8.5
CWE Classification CWE-284: Improper Access Control
Affected Product Fission
Package Ecosystem Go
Published Date
Last Updated

Security Impact

CVSS: 8.5

The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N).

Attack Vector Network (AV:N)
Attack Complexity Low (AC:L)
Privileges Required Low (PR:L)
User Interaction None (UI:N)
Scope Changed (S:C)
Confidentiality High (C:H)
Integrity Low (I:L)
Availability None (A:N)

How to Fix CVE-2026-49824

To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Fission dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.

github.com/fission/fission fixed: 1.24.0
Upgrade github.com/fission/fission to 1.24.0
Verify Direct and Transitive Dependencies

Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:

inspect dependencies for github.com/fission/fission

How to Check if You Are Affected

To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2026-49824, inspect your project dependencies for Fission:

inspect dependencies for github.com/fission/fission

Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Fission in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 1.24.0), your application is affected.

Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.

Technical Details

Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-284: Improper Access Control, where the product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. In Fission, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.

Source Advisory Statement

### Summary The Fission Function admission webhook (`pkg/webhook/function.go`) validated that `spec.secrets[].namespace` and `spec.configmaps[].namespace` equalled the function's own namespace but performed no equivalent check on `spec.environment.namespace`. ### Details An attacker with permission to create Functions in their own namespace could set `spec.environment.namespace` to any other tenant's namespace. poolmgr and newdeploy would then look up and use the victim's Environment CRD when scheduling function pods, so the attacker's function executed inside the victim's container image. This is useful both for code and credential theft — the victim's runtime image may contain hardcoded secrets — and for confused-deputy attacks where the victim's runtime image is a privileged sidecar. ### Impact A tenant with `functions.fission.io/create` could run their own function code inside another tenant's container image, breaking the namespace trust boundary that the Function specification implies. ### Fix Fixed in [#3389](https://github.com/fission/fission/pull/3389) and released in [v1.24.0](https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0). - **Admission webhook** (`pkg/webhook/function.go::Validate`) rejects `Function.spec.environment.namespace != metadata.namespace`. An empty namespace remains accepted (the CLI defaults it to the function's namespace). - **Controller belt-and-braces:** the same check runs before the cross-namespace `Environments(...).Get` in poolmgr `getFunctionEnv` and newdeploy `fnCreate` / `RefreshFuncPods`, covering webhook-bypass clusters (`failurePolicy=Ignore`) and stale Function objects from upgrade-before-restart windows. ### Behavioural change Functions that explicitly set `spec.environment.namespace` to a different namespace are now rejected at admission. Empty-string remains accepted.

CVE-2026-49824 Affected Fission Versions

1 component(s)
Fixed Versions:
1.24.0
Product / Package Ecosystem Affected Versions Fixed Version
github.com/fission/fission
Go
< 1.24.0
1.24.0

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-49824?
CVE-2026-49824 is a security vulnerability in Fission involving Cross-namespace Environment reference via unvalidated EnvironmentRef in Function admission webhook under CWE-284: Improper Access Control.
Which Fission versions are affected?
Affected versions include releases prior to 1.24.0 across affected packages: github.com/fission/fission.
What version fixes CVE-2026-49824?
Upgrading to 1.24.0 (or the latest patched release for your respective branch) resolves the vulnerability.
Is github.com/fission/fission affected?
Yes, github.com/fission/fission is affected in releases prior to 1.24.0. Upgrade your dependency to 1.24.0 or later.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-49824?
CVE-2026-49824 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (HIGH) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.
What CWE is associated with CVE-2026-49824?
CVE-2026-49824 is classified under CWE-284: Improper Access Control (The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.).
How can I check Go dependencies for CVE-2026-49824?
Run the dependency tree command: 'inspect dependencies for github.com/fission/fission'. This command lists direct and transitive dependencies in your build configuration so you can verify if a vulnerable version is resolved.
Machine-readable OSV JSON OSV v1.5 Schema
Normalized schema output
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