CVE-2023-2431 Affecting kubernetes package, versions <1.20.5+really1.20.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-KUBERNETES-5711660
  • published17 Jun 2023
  • disclosed16 Jun 2023

Introduced: 16 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-2431  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable kubernetes to version 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kubernetes package and not the kubernetes package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1