Fixing the ext secret issue

[Shifna12Zarnaz]

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[dryrunsecurity]

Hi there 👋, @DryRunSecurity here, below is a summary of our analysis and findings.

DryRun Security	Status	Findings
Configured Codepaths Analyzer	✅	0 findings
IDOR Analyzer	✅	0 findings
Sensitive Files Analyzer	✅	0 findings
Authn/Authz Analyzer	✅	0 findings
SQL Injection Analyzer	✅	0 findings
Secrets Analyzer	✅	0 findings

Note

🟢 Risk threshold not exceeded.

Change Summary (click to expand)

The following is a summary of changes in this pull request made by me, your security buddy 🤖. Note that this summary is auto-generated and not meant to be a definitive list of security issues but rather a helpful summary from a security perspective.

Summary:

The provided code changes focus on improvements to the management of external secrets in a Kubernetes-based application. The changes do not introduce any significant security concerns and instead demonstrate secure practices for integrating with Vault as the secret store and handling sensitive data within the Kubernetes environment.

Key security-related aspects of the changes include the use of Vault's AppRole authentication mechanism, the secure storage of the Vault token in Kubernetes secrets, the creation and management of Kubernetes external secrets to access Vault secrets, and the implementation of input validation and concurrency handling to ensure the integrity of sensitive data.

Overall, the code changes appear to follow security best practices for external secret management in a Kubernetes-based application, reducing the risk of credential exposure and unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Files Changed:

1. internal/client/external_secret.go:

   • The changes remove two empty lines from the import section of the file, which is responsible for managing the creation and update of Kubernetes resources related to external secrets.
   • The code integrates securely with Vault as the underlying secret store, using a Vault authentication token stored in a Kubernetes secret.
   • The code follows the principle of least privilege by creating SecretStore and ExternalSecret objects with the minimum necessary permissions and configurations.
   • The CreateOrUpdateExternalSecret function performs input validation to ensure data consistency in the external secret configuration.
   • The code does not log or print any sensitive information, such as the Vault authentication token or the actual secret values.

2. internal/api/vault_secret_api.go:

   • The code is responsible for integrating with Vault and managing Vault secrets within the Kubernetes environment.
   • The code uses Vault's AppRole authentication mechanism, which allows the application to authenticate with Vault without the need for hardcoded credentials.
   • The Vault token is securely stored in a Kubernetes secret, ensuring that it is not exposed in the application's code or configuration.
   • The code creates and updates Kubernetes external secrets, which allow the application to securely access Vault secrets from within the Kubernetes cluster.
   • The code uses a sync.Mutex to ensure thread-safe access to the secretPathsData and propertiesData maps, preventing race conditions and potential data corruption.
   • The code sorts the secretPathProperties slice to ensure consistent ordering of the secret paths and properties, which can help mitigate potential security issues related to the order of sensitive data.

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