Bug 2127808 (CVE-2021-25749)

Summary: CVE-2021-25749 kubelet: runAsNonRoot logic bypass for Windows containers
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: admiller, eclipseo, extras-orphan, go-sig, jburrell, joelsmith, rrasouli, sttts, vkumar
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Fixed In Version: kubelet 1.22.14, kubelet 1.23.11, kubelet 1.23.5, kubelet 1.25.0 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in Kubernetes. This issue allows Windows workloads to run as a ContainerAdministrator even when the workloads set the runAsNonRoot option to true.
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Bug Depends On: 2127809, 2127810    
Bug Blocks: 2127807    

Description Avinash Hanwate 2022-09-19 05:40:08 UTC
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes that could allow Windows workloads to run as ContainerAdministrator even when those workloads set the runAsNonRoot option to true.

ref: https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/38949

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2022-09-19 05:40:33 UTC
Created golang-k8s-kubernetes tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2127809]


Created origin tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2127810]

Comment 2 Sage McTaggart 2022-09-21 14:33:23 UTC
Affects only Windows machines.

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2023-01-30 05:48:17 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

Via RHSA-2022:9096 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9096

Comment 14 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-01-31 15:55:25 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-25749