Access Restriction Bypass Affecting github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/validation package, versions <1.21.0-rc.0


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMKUBERNETESKUBERNETESPKGAPISAPPSVALIDATION-1246527
  • published 15 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 14 Apr 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/validation to version 1.21.0-rc.0 or higher.

Overview

github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/validation is a Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for managing containerized applications across multiple hosts. It provides basic mechanisms for deployment, maintenance, and scaling of applications.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. Validating Admission Webhook does not observe some previous fields. A vulnerability was found in kube-apiserver that could allow node updates to bypass a Validating Admission Webhook. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and availability.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

6.5 medium