Authorization Bypass Affecting k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime package, versions <1.22.14>=1.23.0 <1.23.11>=1.24.0 <1.24.5>=1.25.0-alpha.3 <1.25.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-K8SIOKUBERNETESPKGKUBELETKUBERUNTIME-3027029
  • published19 Sept 2022
  • disclosed15 Sept 2022
  • creditMark Rosetti

Introduced: 15 Sep 2022

CVE-2021-25749  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime to version 1.22.14, 1.23.11, 1.24.5, 1.25.0 or higher.

Overview

k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime is a package that contains an implementation of kubecontainer.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass by allowing Windows workloads to run as ContainerAdministrator even when those workloads set the runAsNonRoot option to true.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1