Karmada Dashboard API Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Karmada Dashboard is a general-purpose, web-based control panel for Karmada which is a multi-cluster management project. Prior to version 0.2.0, there is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Karmada Dashboard API. The backend API endpoints (e.g., /api/v1/secret, /api/v1/service) did not enforce authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to access sensitive cluster information such as Secrets and Services directly. Although the web UI required a valid JWT for access, the API itself remained exposed to direct requests without any authentication checks. Any user or entity with network access to the Karmada Dashboard service could exploit this vulnerability to retrieve sensitive data.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| karmada-io | dashboard | before 0.2.0 | 0.2.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/karmada-io/dashboard (Go) | before 0.2.0 | 0.2.0 | Patch available | GHSA-5qjg-9mjh-4r92 |
- dashboard Vendorkarmada-io Affected before 0.2.0 Fixed in 0.2.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/karmada-io/dashboard (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.2.0 Fixed in 0.2.0 Patch available GHSA-5qjg-9mjh-4r92
Remediation
- Fix · CNA dashboard (karmada-io) Fixed in 0.2.0
- Fix · GHSA-5qjg-9mjh-4r92 github.com/karmada-io/dashboard (Go) Fixed in 0.2.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62714
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5qjg-9mjh-4r92
References
Other 7
- https://github.com/karmada-io/dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-5qjg-9mjh-4r92
- https://github.com/karmada-io/dashboard/pull/271
- https://github.com/karmada-io/dashboard/pull/280
- https://github.com/karmada-io/dashboard/commit/8457b8bb87725e2371a638ca5a255fd2895c70f1
- https://github.com/karmada-io/dashboard/commit/d2d04909f25e96b4c20fa6b636c398bd1636ee06
- https://github.com/karmada-io/dashboard/releases/tag/v0.2.0
- https://github.com/karmada-io/dashboard
More karmada-io vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-37400 Karmada PULL Mode Cluster Privilege Escalation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-37401 Karmada Tar Slips in CRDs archive extraction CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-62714 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-62714 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5qjg-9mjh-4r92 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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