#VU77775 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Kubelet - CVE-2023-2431

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#VU77775 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Kubelet - CVE-2023-2431

Published: June 28, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77775
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2431
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Kubelet
Software vendor:
Kubernetes

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists in Kubelet that allows pods to bypass the seccomp profile enforcement. Pods that use localhost type for seccomp profile but specify an empty profile field, are affected by this issue. In this scenario, this vulnerability allows the pod to run in unconfined (seccomp disabled) mode


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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