CVE-2023-2250

Description

A flaw was found in the Open Cluster Management (OCM) when a user has access to the worker nodes, which contain the cluster-manager-registration-controller or cluster-manager deployments. This flaw allows a malicious user to bind the cluster-admin to any service account or use the service account to list all secrets for all Kubernetes namespaces, leading to a cluster-level privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score6.76.76.7
Attack VectorLocalLocalLocal
Attack ComplexityLowLowLow
Privileges RequiredHighHighHigh
User InteractionNoneNoneNone
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedUnchanged
ConfidentialityHighHighHigh
Integrity ImpactHighHighHigh
Availability ImpactHighHighHigh

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

Access Control

Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

A user can access restricted functionality and/or sensitive information that may include administrative functionality and user accounts.

Acknowledgements

Upstream acknowledges Nanzi Yang as the original reporter.

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