8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
35.1%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202405-31 (Kubelet: Privilege Escalation)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# @NOAGENT@
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202405-31.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(196891);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/05/12");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-5528");
script_name(english:"GLSA-202405-31 : Kubelet: Privilege Escalation");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202405-31 (Kubelet: Privilege Escalation)
- 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. (CVE-2023-5528)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=918665");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All Kubelet users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=sys-cluster/kubelet-1.28.5");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-5528");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/11/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/05/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/05/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kubelet");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include('qpkg.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/release')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Gentoo');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var flag = 0;
var packages = [
{
'name' : 'sys-cluster/kubelet',
'unaffected' : make_list("ge 1.28.5"),
'vulnerable' : make_list("lt 1.28.5")
}
];
foreach var package( packages ) {
if (isnull(package['unaffected'])) package['unaffected'] = make_list();
if (isnull(package['vulnerable'])) package['vulnerable'] = make_list();
if (qpkg_check(package: package['name'] , unaffected: package['unaffected'], vulnerable: package['vulnerable'])) flag++;
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : qpkg_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
qpkg_tests = list_uniq(qpkg_tests);
var tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'Kubelet');
}
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
35.1%