CVE-2023-5408 (GCVE-0-2023-5408)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-02 02:55 – Updated: 2025-11-07 09:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Openshift: modification of node role labels
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.
Severity
7.2 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-17 15:13 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6130 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6842 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7479 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5408 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242173 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/pull/1736 |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 |
Unaffected:
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(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.11::el8 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 |
Unaffected:
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(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.12::el8 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 |
Unaffected:
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(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.13::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.13::el8 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 |
Unaffected:
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(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.14::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.14::el9 |
Date Public
2023-10-04 00:00
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