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High
CVE-2024-39690
Capsule tenant owner with "patch namespace" permission can hijack system namespaces
Vulnerability Description
Capsule is a multi-tenancy and policy-based framework for Kubernetes. In Capsule v0.7.0 and earlier, the tenant-owner can patch any arbitrary namespace that has not been taken over by a tenant (i.e., namespaces without the ownerReference field), thereby gaining control of that namespace. Version 0.7.1 contains a patch.
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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References
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Affected Vendor
projectcapsule
View all reports →Affected Software
capsule
Vulnerable Versions:
<= 0.7.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 20th, 2024
Last Modified:
August 14th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H