CVE-2023-2431
Kubelet vulnerable to bypass of seccomp profile enforcement in k8s.io/kubernetes
4.4
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.01%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-2431
To remediate CVE-2023-2431, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.24.14 or later
- —upgrade to 1.24.14 or later
Is CVE-2023-2431 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
- from 0, < 1.24.14
- from 0, < 1.24.14, >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.10, >= 1.26.0, < 1.26.5, >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |