Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : containerd regression (USN-5311-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5311-2 advisory. USN-5311-1 released updates for contained. Unfortunately, a subsequent update reverted the fix for this CVE by mistake. This update corrects the problem. We...

cri-o: pod with access to 'hostIPC' and 'hostNetwork' kernel namespace allows sysctl from the list of safe sysctls to be applied to the host

An incorrect sysctls validation vulnerability was found in CRI-O. The sysctls from the list of "safe" sysctls specified for the cluster 0 will be applied to the host if an attacker can create a pod with a hostIPC and hostNetwork kernel namespace...

cri-o: pod with access to 'hostIPC' and 'hostNetwork' kernel namespace allows sysctl from the list of safe sysctls to be applied to the host

An incorrect sysctls validation vulnerability was found in CRI-O. The sysctls from the list of "safe" sysctls specified for the cluster 0 will be applied to the host if an attacker can create a pod with a hostIPC and hostNetwork kernel namespace...

MGASA-2022-0088 Updated docker-containerd packages fix security vulnerability

A bug was found in containerd where containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation with a specially-crafted image configuration could gain access to read-only copies of arbitrary files and directories on the host. This may bypass any policy-based enforcement on container setup...

CVE-2022-23648

CVE-2022-23648 affects containerd’s CRI implementation on Linux where specially-crafted image configurations could allow reading read-only copies of arbitrary host files and directories, potentially bypassing policy enforcement. The issue was fixed in containerd 1.6.1, 1.5.10, and 1.4.12. Users s...

PT-2022-2056

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions containerd versions prior to 1.6.1 containerd versions prior to 1.5.10 containerd versions prior to 1.4.12 Description A bug was found in containerd where containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation with a specially-crafted ima...

Unprivileged pod using `hostPath` can side-step active LSM when it is SELinux

Impact Containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation on Linux systems which use the SELinux security module and containerd versions since v1.5.0 can cause arbitrary files and directories on the host to be relabeled to match the container process label through the use of...

NSA and CISA Release Guidance on Securing 5G Cloud Infrastructures

CISA has announced the joint National Security Agency NSA and CISA publication of the second of a four-part series, Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures. Part II: Securely Isolate Network Resources examines threats to 5G container-centric or hybrid container/virtual network, also known ...

Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a Kubernetes kubelet security vulnerability (CVE-2021-25741)

Summary IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a Kubernetes kubelet security vulnerability that could allow host path like access without use of the hostPath feature, thus bypassing the restriction CVE-2021-25741. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-25741 Description: Kubernetes could allo...

A Kubernetes Pod Security Policy Alternative

A quick look at the deprecation of Kubernetes Pod Security Policy and how to ensure your clusters are protected going forward...

CVE-2021-21334

CVE-2021-21334 affects containerd’s CRI plugin: when multiple containers/pods are launched from the same image, containers may receive incorrect environment variables shared across them, potentially exposing sensitive data. The issue is fixed in containerd versions 1.3.10 and 1.4.4; affected envi...

CVE-2020-26278 Weave Net Pods running in host PID namespace can be used to escalate other Kubernetes vulnerabilities

Weave Net is open source software which creates a virtual network that connects Docker containers across multiple hosts and enables their automatic discovery. Weave Net before version 2.8.0 has a vulnerability in which can allow an attacker to take over any host in the cluster. Weave Net is...

Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a containerd security vulnerability (CVE-2020–15257)

Summary IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a security vulnerability in containerd that could allow containers running in the host network namespace as root UID 0 to gain the host root privileges CVE-2020–15257 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-15257 Description: Containerd could allo...

Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a Kubernetes kubelet security vulnerability (CVE-2020-8557)

Summary IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a security vulnerability in the Kubernetes kubelet that could result in the denial of service of a node CVE-2020-8557 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-8557 Description: Kubernetes kubelet is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an...

Node disk DOS by writing to container /etc/hosts

CVSS Rating: Medium 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/CR:H/IR:H/AR:M The /etc/hosts file mounted in a pod by kubelet is not included by the kubelet eviction manager when calculating ephemeral storage usage by a pod. If a pod writes a large amount of data to the /etc/hosts file, it...

CVE-2019-12116

An issue was discovered in ONAP SDC through Dublin. By accessing port 6000 of demo-sdc-sdc-fe pod, an unauthenticated attacker who already has access to pod-to-pod communication may execute arbitrary code inside that pod. All ONAP Operations Manager OOM setups are affected...

CVE-2019-11245

In kubelet v1.13.6 and v1.14.2, containers for pods that do not specify an explicit runAsUser attempt to run as uid 0 root on container restart, or if the image was previously pulled to the node. If the pod specified mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will refuse to start the container as root. ...

Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in runc

Summary IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a security vulnerability in runc which could allow an attacker that is authorized to run a process as root inside a container to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the container’s host system. Vulnerability Details CVE-ID:...

subpath volume mount handling allows arbitrary file access in host filesystem

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H This vulnerability allows containers using subpath volume mounts with any volume type including non-privileged pods, subject to file permissions to access files/directories outside of the volume, including the host’s filesystem. Thanks to Maxim Ivanov...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000056

Kubernetes version 1.5.0-1.5.4 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation in the PodSecurityPolicy admission plugin resulting in the ability to make use of any existing PodSecurityPolicy object...