apps/base/certificates/vault-ca-cert.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+# pre-commit: allow-plain-secret -- public CA bundle; this secret bootstraps
+# trust in Vault itself and therefore cannot be Vault-sourced.
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ stringData:
     mitItX+RAgMBAAGjgewwgekwDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQDAgEGMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMB
     Af8wHQYDVR0OBBYEFEp/+grAdVqRSeb9xJjSeZYNW32MMB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFBqc
     v6Y+hfHt4EjgKa/uoQGEHTknMEcGCCsGAQUFBwEBBDswOTA3BggrBgEFBQcwAoYr
-    aHR0cHM6Ly92YXVsdC5zZXJ2aWNlLmNvbnN1bC92MS9wa2lfcm9vdC9jYTA9BgNV
+    aHR0cHM6Ly92YXVsdC5zZXJ2dWNlLmNvbnN1bC92MS9wa2lfcm9vdC9jYTA9BgNV
     HR8ENjA0MDKgMKAuhixodHRwczovL3ZhdWx0LnNlcnZpY2UuY29uc3VsL3YxL3Br
     aV9yb290L2NybDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAM0FS8tscZe7yly/gM7jO6lx5
     muMFusifjUIrcQGnZBkoECeuUVPNTs3e/Th+XaxjCnmSpqSNT3z9Irr6Hhxf7n03

ci/validate-no-secrets.sh

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
 
   # Check if the file contains a plain Kubernetes Secret
   if grep -q "^kind: Secret" "$file"; then
+    # Explicit opt-out for public-data bootstrap secrets (e.g. the CA bundle
+    # that establishes Vault trust and therefore cannot be Vault-sourced).
+    if grep -q "^# pre-commit: allow-plain-secret" "$file"; then
+      continue
+    fi
     # Allow secure secret types
     if ! grep -q -E "^kind: (SealedSecret|ExternalSecret|VaultStaticSecret|VaultDynamicSecret)" "$file"; then
       echo "BLOCKED: $file contains a plain Kubernetes Secret" >&2