CVE-2023-5408

EUVD-2023-57723
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the node restriction admission plugin of the kubernetes api server of OpenShift. A remote attacker who modifies the node role label could steer workloads from the control plane and etcd nodes onto different worker nodes and gain broader access to the cluster.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.2 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
redhatCNA
7.2 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 66%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
redhatopenshift_container_platform
4.11
redhatopenshift_container_platform
4.12
redhatopenshift_container_platform
4.13
redhatopenshift_container_platform
4.14
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6130
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7479
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5408
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242173
https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/pull/1736
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6130
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7479
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5408
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242173
https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/pull/1736