CVE-2024-43403

HIGH EPSS 40.2%
Published Aug 20, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Aug 20, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Kanister is a data protection workflow management tool. The kanister has a deployment called default-kanister-operator, which is bound with a ClusterRole called edit via ClusterRoleBinding. The "edit" ClusterRole is one of Kubernetes default-created ClusterRole, and it has the create/patch/udpate verbs of daemonset resources, create verb of serviceaccount/token resources, and impersonate verb of serviceaccounts resources. A malicious user can leverage access the worker node which has this component to make a cluster-level privilege escalation.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
40.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management Authorization

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/blob/master/helm/kanister-operator/templates/rbac.yaml#L49
  • github.com https://github.com/kanisterio/kanister/security/advisories/GHSA-h27c-6xm3-mcqp

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.