Access Restriction Bypass Affecting k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime package, versions <1.24.14 >=1.25.0 <1.25.10 >=1.26.0 <1.26.5 >=1.27.0 <1.27.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-K8SIOKUBERNETESPKGKUBELETKUBERUNTIME-5710963
  • published 16 Jun 2023
  • disclosed 16 Jun 2023
  • credit Tim Allclair, Craig Ingram

How to fix?

Upgrade k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime to version 1.24.14, 1.25.10, 1.26.5, 1.27.2 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 Access Restriction Bypass which allows pods to bypass the seccomp profile enforcement. Exploiting this vulnerability allows the pod to run in unconfined (seccomp disabled) mode.

Notes: Only Pods that use localhost type for seccomp profile but specify an empty profile field are affected by this issue. In this scenario, this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
3.4 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

5.5 medium
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SUSE

3.4 low
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Red Hat

3.4 low