CVE-2023-5408
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.51%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 74
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-269
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- 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
JSON original (NVD)
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