Bug 2213121 (CVE-2023-1943)

Summary:	CVE-2023-1943 kubernetes/kops: Privilege Escalation in kOps using GCE/GCP Provider in Gossip Mode
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	joelsmith, security-response-team
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kops 1.26.2, kops 1.25.4	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Kubernetes kOps. Affected versions of Kubernetes kOps could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system caused by a vulnerability when using the GCE/GCP Provider in Gossip Mode. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker can gain elevated privileges to cluster-admin permissions.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-06-22 18:40:31 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2213091

Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-06-07 07:15:37 UTC

A security issue was reported in kOps <https://github.com/kubernetes/kops> with the GCP Provider running in Gossip Mode <https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/gossip/>, where Node service account credentials could be used by a container running in the cluster to retrieve sensitive
information from the state storage bucket and escalate to cluster-admin permissions.

Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-06-22 18:40:29 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-2023-1943