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TI-2023-01193 Aliases CVE-2023-1260GHSA-92hx-3mh6-hc49

Kube-apiserver: privesc

Priority LOW 38CWE-288Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-288.

Summary

An authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in kube-apiserver. This issue could allow a remote, authenticated attacker who has been given permissions "update, patch" the "pods/ephemeralcontainers" subresource beyond what the default is. They would then need to create a new pod or patch one that they already have access to. This might allow evasion of SCC admission restrictions, thereby gaining control of a privileged pod.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01556 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go (Go): 0.0.0-20230621Red Hat: 5 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10—4.10.0-202308291228.p0.g26fdcdf.assembly.stream.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11—4.11.0-202307200925.p0.ga9da4a8.assembly.stream.el8Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12—4.12.0-202307040929.p0.g1485cc9.assembly.stream.el9Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13—4.13.0-202307132344.p0.gf245ced.assembly.stream.el8Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14—4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4——Not affectedCNA
—github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go (Go)before 0.0.0-202306210.0.0-20230621Patch availableGHSA-92hx-3mh6-hc49
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 4.10.0-202308291228.p0.g26fdcdf.assembly.stream.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 4.11.0-202307200925.p0.ga9da4a8.assembly.stream.el8 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 4.12.0-202307040929.p0.g1485cc9.assembly.stream.el9 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 4.13.0-202307132344.p0.gf245ced.assembly.stream.el8 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20230621 Fixed in 0.0.0-20230621 Patch available GHSA-92hx-3mh6-hc49

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kube-apiserver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableKubernetes
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.10VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.11VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.12VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.13VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kube-apiserver:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Kubernetes
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.10 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.11 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.12 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.13 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-92hx-3mh6-hc49 github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20230621 Advisory →

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:5008 Released 2023-10-31 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.14.0 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 microshift-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9, microshift-networking-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9, microshift-release-info-4.14.0-202310261440.p0.g1586504.assembly.4.14.0.el9 +1
  • RHSA-2023:4898 Released 2023-09-06 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.10.67 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 openshift-4.10.0-202308291228.p0.g26fdcdf.assembly.stream.el7, openshift-4.10.0-202308291228.p0.g26fdcdf.assembly.stream.el8, openshift-hyperkube-4.10.0-202308291228.p0.g26fdcdf.assembly.stream.el7 +1
  • RHSA-2023:4312 Released 2023-08-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.11.46 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 openshift-4.11.0-202307200925.p0.ga9da4a8.assembly.stream.el8, openshift-hyperkube-4.11.0-202307200925.p0.ga9da4a8.assembly.stream.el8
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2023:4093 Released 2023-07-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.5 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift-4.13.0-202307132344.p0.gf245ced.assembly.stream.el8, openshift-4.13.0-202307132344.p0.gf245ced.assembly.stream.el9, openshift-clients-4.13.0-202306230038.p0.ge4c9a6a.assembly.stream.el8 +5
  • RHSA-2023:3976 Released 2023-07-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.24 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 openshift-4.12.0-202307040929.p0.g1485cc9.assembly.stream.el8, openshift-4.12.0-202307040929.p0.g1485cc9.assembly.stream.el9, openshift-hyperkube-4.12.0-202307040929.p0.g1485cc9.assembly.stream.el8 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10Fixed RHSA-2023:4898
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11Fixed RHSA-2023:4312
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12Fixed RHSA-2023:3976
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Fixed RHSA-2023:4093
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14Fixed RHSA-2023:5008
Not affected: 5 products
  • Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-1260
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92hx-3mh6-hc49

References

Advisory 10

Other 3

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-34021 Linux kernel skb coalescing drops shared-frag marker KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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