Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-5408 - Unspecified vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 4 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6130
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6130
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7479
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7479
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5408
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5408
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242173
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242173
- https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/pull/1736
- https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/pull/1736