High severity · published Mar 15, 2023
CVE-2023-26484
KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes
8.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes. In versions 0.59.0 and prior, if a malicious user has taken over a Kubernetes node where virt-handler (the KubeVirt node-daemon) is running, the virt-handler service account can be used to modify all node specs. This can be misused to lure-in system-level-privileged components which can, for instance, read all secrets on the cluster, or can exec into pods on other nodes. This way, a compromised node can be used to elevate privileges beyond the node until potentially having full privileged access to the whole cluster. The simplest way to exploit this, once a user could compromise a specific node, is to set with the virt-handler service account all other nodes to unschedulable and simply wait until system-critical components with high privileges appear on its node. No patches are available as of time of publication. As a workaround, gatekeeper users can add a webhook which will block the `virt-handler` service account to modify the spec of a node.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KU
Kubevirt · Kubevirt
through 0.59.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26484
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26484
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/issues/9109
Mitigation
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-cp96-jpmq-xrr2
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