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Gentoo: GLSA-202405-31 High: Kubelet Privilege Escalation Threat

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Calendar Grey May 12, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
An urgent high-risk privilege escalation notice for Kubelet on Gentoo Linux. Update now to protect your environments.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Kubelet, which can lead to privilege escalation.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in Kubelet. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo privilege escalation kubernetes kubelet

Resolution

All Kubelet users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/kubelet-1.28.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-5528 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5528

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-31
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Kubelet: Privilege Escalation
Date: May 12, 2024
Bugs: #918665
ID: 202405-31

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo privilege escalation kubernetes kubelet

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Kubelet, which can lead to privilege escalation.

Background

Kubelet is a Kubernetes Node Agent.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------- ------------ ------------ sys-cluster/kubelet < 1.28.5 >= 1.28.5

Impact

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.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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