CVE-2023-1260 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-1260

Kube-apiserver: privesc

Vulnerability Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in kube-apiserver. This issue could allow a remote, authenticated attacker who has been given permissions "update, patch" the "pods/ephemeralcontainers" subresource beyond what the default is. They would then need to create a new pod or patch one that they already have access to. This might allow evasion of SCC admission restrictions, thereby gaining control of a privileged pod.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was discovered by Xingxing Xia (Red Hat).

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Vulnerable Versions:
a994128188486d2dce99a528fbcc017d276081e0, 0:4.10.0-202308291228.p0.g26fdcdf.assembly.stream.el7, 0:4.11.0-202307200925.p0.ga9da4a8.assembly.stream.el8, 0:4.12.0-202307040929.p0.g1485cc9.assembly.stream.el9, 0:4.13.0-202307132344.p0.gf245ced.assembly.stream.el8, 0:4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9

Timeline

Official Publish: September 24th, 2023
Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)