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CVE-2023-2728: Kubernetes mountable secrets policy bypass

July 3, 2023 (updated February 13, 2025)

Users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers. The policy ensures pods running with a service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account’s secrets field. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets annotation are used together with ephemeral containers.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cgcv-5272-97pr
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118640
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118356
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118471
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118473
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118474
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118512
  • groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/vPWYJ_L84m8
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2728
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0004

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.24.15, all versions starting from 1.25.0 before 1.25.11, all versions starting from 1.26.0 before 1.26.6, all versions starting from 1.27.0 before 1.27.3

Fixed versions

  • 1.27.3
  • 1.26.6
  • 1.25.11
  • 1.24.15

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.24.15, 1.25.11, 1.26.6, 1.27.3 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Source file

go/k8s.io/kubernetes/CVE-2023-2728.yml

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