8.0High

CVE-2023-1943Privilege Escalation in kOps using GCE/GCP Provider in Gossip Mode

Kubernetes kops; kubernetes kops Published: 2023-10-12 02:01 (3 years ago)

Description

Privilege Escalation in kOps using GCE/GCP Provider in Gossip Mode.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-250

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kubernetes	kops	< 1.25.3, fixed 1.25.3, 1.26.0 – < 1.26.2, fixed 1.26.2

References and patches

https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/issues/15539 issue-tracking
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/yrCE1x89oaU mailing-list

CVSS score

8.0High

Source: kubernetes · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Adjacent
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.64%

higher than 51% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2023-04-07
Published2023-10-12 02:01
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:52
Last updated2024-09-18 18:06

Assigned by (CNA): kubernetes

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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