CVE-2023-5408
Openshift: modification of node role labels
HIGH 7.2
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.51 % · percentile 74 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
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
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-57723
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-5408
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0627 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 | unaffected v4.11.0-202311211130.p0.g7021090.assembly.stream < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | unaffected v4.12.0-202311021630.p0.gfe5e2a1.assembly.stream < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 | unaffected v4.13.0-202310210425.p0.gd525f5d.assembly.stream < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | unaffected v4.14.0-202310201027.p0.g8b38d12.assembly.stream < * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |