Capsule Namespace Hijacking via subresource
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Capsule is a multi-tenancy and policy-based framework for Kubernetes. To defend against namespace hijacking achieved through update/patch operations on namespaces, Capsule uses a webhook to validate update requests targeting namespaces. However, in Kubernetes, the namespace/finalize and namespace/status subresource APIs can also modify various fields of a namespace, including the metadata field. Prior to version 0.13.0, the webhook does not define interception rules for these subresources. As a result, if a tenant administrator has permission to modify namespace/status or namespace/finalize, they can successfully perform namespace hijacking. Version 0.13.0 fixes the issue. Another mitigation is to add two subresources (namespaces and snamespaces/status with namespace/finalize within it) to the resources list in the ValidatingWebhookConfiguration rules.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| projectcapsule | capsule | before 0.13.0 | 0.13.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/projectcapsule/capsule (Go) | before 0.13.0 | 0.13.0 | Patch available | GHSA-2ww6-hf35-mfjm |
- capsule Vendorprojectcapsule Affected before 0.13.0 Fixed in 0.13.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/projectcapsule/capsule (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.13.0 Fixed in 0.13.0 Patch available GHSA-2ww6-hf35-mfjm
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:projectcapsule:capsule:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.13.0 | Vulnerable | projectcapsule |
- cpe:2.3:a:projectcapsule:capsule:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.13.0 Vulnerable ·projectcapsule
Remediation
- Fix · CNA capsule (projectcapsule) Fixed in 0.13.0
- Fix · GHSA-2ww6-hf35-mfjm github.com/projectcapsule/capsule (Go) Fixed in 0.13.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-30963
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2ww6-hf35-mfjm
References
More projectcapsule Capsule vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-26614 Capsule tenant owner with "patch namespace" permission can hijack system namespaces CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-18364 Capsule TenantResource RawItems Cluster-Scoped Resource Creation Vulnerability CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-30963 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-30963 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2ww6-hf35-mfjm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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