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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2023-23939
HistoryMar 06, 2023 - 7:15 p.m.

Privilege escalation

2023-03-0619:15:00
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github
azure
setup-kubectl
privilege escalation
vulnerability
root
insecure file creation
permission setting
upgrade

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

18.0%

Azure/setup-kubectl is a GitHub Action for installing Kubectl. This vulnerability only impacts versions before version 3. An insecure temporary creation of a file allows other actors on the Actions runner to replace the Kubectl binary created by this action because it is world writable. This Kubectl tool installer runs fs.chmodSync(kubectlPath, 777) to set permissions on the Kubectl binary, however, this allows any local user to replace the Kubectl binary. This allows privilege escalation to the user that can also run kubectl, most likely root. This attack is only possible if an attacker somehow breached the GitHub actions runner or if a user is utilizing an Action that maliciously executes this attack. This has been fixed and released in all versions v3 and later. 775 permissions are used instead. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CPENameOperatorVersion
azure_setup_kubectllt3.0

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

18.0%

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