Network restriction bypass via race condition during namespace termination
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a malicious or compromised pod could bypass network restrictions enforced by network policies during namespace deletion. The order in which objects are deleted during namespace termination is not defined, and it is possible for network policies to be deleted before the pods that they protect. This can lead to a brief period in which the pods are running, but network policies that should apply to connections to and from the pods are not enforced.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | kube-apiserver | 1.3.0 | — | Patch available | CNA |
| — | k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver (Go) | 1.3.0 – 1.32.3 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-r56h-j38w-hrqq |
- kube-apiserver VendorKubernetes Affected 1.3.0 Fixed in — Patch available CNA
- k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.3.0 – 1.32.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-r56h-j38w-hrqq
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7598
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r56h-j38w-hrqq
References
More Kubernetes vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-01719 ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-16130 Improper privilege management in Kubernetes CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-00932 ingress-nginx controller - configuration injection via unsanitized mirror annotations CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-08418 Kubernetes kubelet exposes /debug/pprof info on healthz port CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-02839 ingress-nginx rewrite-target nginx configuration injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-18233 ingress-nginx controller - configuration injection via unsanitized auth-url annotation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-7598 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-7598 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r56h-j38w-hrqq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-7598 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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