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RHCOS 4 : Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.14.0 (RHSA-2023:5008)

🗓️ 04 May 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHCOS 4.14.0 vulnerable to kube api privilege escalation and golang template issues RHSA-2023:5008.

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  - kube-apiserver: PrivEsc (CVE-2023-1260)

  - kube-apiserver: Bypassing policies imposed by the ImagePolicyWebhook  admission plugin (CVE-2023-2727)

  - kube-apiserver: Bypassing enforce mountable secrets policy imposed by the  ServiceAccount admission plugin
    (CVE-2023-2728)

  - golang: html/template: improper handling of HTML-like comments within script contexts (CVE-2023-39318)

  - golang: html/template: improper handling of special tags within script contexts (CVE-2023-39319)

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include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat CoreOS');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '4.14')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat CoreOS 4.14', 'Red Hat CoreOS ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat CoreOS', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '4',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'microshift-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'openshift-hyperkube'},
      {'reference':'microshift-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'openshift-hyperkube'},
      {'reference':'microshift-networking-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'openshift-hyperkube'},
      {'reference':'microshift-networking-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'openshift-hyperkube'},
      {'reference':'microshift-release-info-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9', 'el_string':'el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'openshift-hyperkube'},
      {'reference':'microshift-selinux-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9', 'el_string':'el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'openshift-hyperkube'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'microshift / microshift-networking / microshift-release-info / etc');
}

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04 May 2026 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 3.18
EPSS0.02157
SSVC
5