Vulnerabilites related to Kubernetes - kubelet
cve-2025-0426
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-13 15:16
Modified
2025-02-13 17:02
Summary
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a large number of container checkpoint requests made to the unauthenticated kubelet read-only HTTP endpoint may cause a Node Denial of Service by filling the Node's disk.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes kubelet Version: 1.32.0    1.32.1
Version: 1.31.0    1.31.5
Version: 1.30.0    1.30.9
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cve-2023-5528
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-14 20:32
Modified
2024-09-06 14:18
Summary
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods and persistent volumes on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they are using an in-tree storage plugin for Windows nodes.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes kubelet Version: v1.28.0    v1.28.3
Version: v1.27.0    v1.27.7
Version: v1.26.0    v1.26.10
Version: 0    v1.25.15
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cve-2024-10220
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-11-22 16:23
Modified
2024-11-25 18:22
Summary
The Kubernetes kubelet component allows arbitrary command execution via specially crafted gitRepo volumes.This issue affects kubelet: through 1.28.11, from 1.29.0 through 1.29.6, from 1.30.0 through 1.30.2.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes kubelet Version: 0    1.28.11
Version: 1.29.0    1.29.6
Version: 1.30.0    1.30.2
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cve-2023-3676
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-31 20:22
Modified
2025-02-13 16:56
Summary
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes kubelet Version: v1.28.0
Version: v1.27.0    v1.27.4
Version: v1.26.0    v1.26.7
Version: v1.25.0    v1.25.12
Version: 0    v1.24.16
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cve-2023-3955
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-31 20:36
Modified
2025-02-13 17:03
Summary
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes kubelet Version: v1.28.0
Version: v1.27.0    v1.27.4
Version: v1.26.0    v1.26.7
Version: v1.25.0    v1.25.12
Version: 0    v1.24.16
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