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TI-2024-27863 Aliases CVE-2024-41820GHSA-3wfj-3x8q-hrpg

Cluster-level privilege escalation in kubean

Priority LOW 27CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Kubean is a cluster lifecycle management toolchain based on kubespray and other cluster LCM engine. The ClusterRole has `*` verbs of `*` resources. If a malicious user can access the worker node which has kubean's deployment, he/she can abuse these excessive permissions to do whatever he/she likes to the whole cluster, resulting in a cluster-level privilege escalation. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.18.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00414 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed kubean (kubean-io): 0.18.0github.com/kubean-io/kubean (Go): 0.18.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
kubean-iokubeanbefore 0.18.00.18.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/kubean-io/kubean (Go)before 0.18.00.18.0Patch availableGHSA-3wfj-3x8q-hrpg
  • kubean Vendorkubean-io Affected before 0.18.0 Fixed in 0.18.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/kubean-io/kubean (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.18.0 Fixed in 0.18.0 Patch available GHSA-3wfj-3x8q-hrpg

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA kubean (kubean-io) Fixed in 0.18.0
  • Fix · GHSA-3wfj-3x8q-hrpg github.com/kubean-io/kubean (Go) Fixed in 0.18.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-41820
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3wfj-3x8q-hrpg

References

Advisory 1

Other 5

Sources

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