CVE-2023-5408

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.2 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Nov 2, 2023
Updated: Jan 21, 2024
CWE ID 269

Summary

CVE-2023-5408 is a privilege escalation vulnerability found in the node restriction admission plugin of the Kubernetes API server in OpenShift. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify the node role label, redirect workloads from control plane and etcd nodes to different worker nodes, and gain broader access to the cluster. The affected products include vd8uoh, tVhU5m, r_8Qio, r_8Qin, r_8Qim, and r_8Qil. To remediate this vulnerability, organizations should apply the necessary security updates or patches provided by the vendor. This vulnerability poses a high danger to organizations as it could potentially lead to unauthorized access and compromise of sensitive data within the cluster.

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