Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-2431

Title: Kubelet Seccomp Profile Bypass

Privilege Escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-2431.

CWE Category CWE-1287
Published Date Jun 16, 2023
Modified Date Dec 12, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 3.4 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-2431: A security issue was discovered 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. This bug affects Kubelet.

Impacted Vendors

K
kubernetes 1
J
jenkins 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118690 https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/QHmx0HOQa10 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/43HDSKBKPSW53OW647B5ETHRWFFNHSRQ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XBX4RL4UOC7JHWWYB2AJCKSUM7EG5Y5G/ https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118690 https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/QHmx0HOQa10 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/43HDSKBKPSW53OW647B5ETHRWFFNHSRQ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XBX4RL4UOC7JHWWYB2AJCKSUM7EG5Y5G/ https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118690
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-2431 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.