CVE-2023-5408 — Improper Privilege Management in Redhat Openshift Container Platform

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Redhat Openshift Container Platform
Timeline
PublishedNov 2
Latest updateNov 14

Description

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the node restriction admission plugin of the kubernetes api server of OpenShift. A remote attacker who modifies the node role label could steer workloads from the control plane and etcd nodes onto different worker nodes and gain broader access to the cluster.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages0 packages

Also affects: Openshift Container Platform 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7664-m5hw-r7q8: A privilege escalation flaw was found in the node restriction admission plugin of the kubernetes api server of OpenShift↗2023-11-02
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CVEList
Openshift: modification of node role labels↗2023-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Microsoft
Openshift: modification of node role labels↗2023-11-14
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Red Hat
OpenShift: modification of node role labels↗2023-10-04
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