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KubeView vulnerable to full cluster takeover due to improper authentication

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 27, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 17, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/benc-uk/kubeview (Go)

Affected versions

<= 0.1.31

Patched versions

None

Description

KubeView through 0.1.31 allows attackers to obtain control of a Kubernetes cluster because api/scrape/kube-system does not require authentication, and retrieves certificate files that can be used for authentication as kube-admin. NOTE: the vendor's position is that KubeView was a "fun side project and a learning exercise," and not "very secure."

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 27, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 27, 2022
Reviewed Dec 2, 2022
Last updated Aug 17, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

1.521%
(87th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-45933

GHSA ID

GHSA-22vc-5pgw-644q

Source code

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