Fission Environment CRD podspec passthrough enables hostPID/hostNetwork/privileged pods, node escape
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-284.
Summary
Fission is an open-source, Kubernetes-native serverless framework that simplifies the deployment of functions and applications on Kubernetes. Prior to version 1.24.0, Fission's Environment CRD exposes spec.runtime.podSpec and spec.builder.podSpec, which are merged into the Kubernetes pod specs for runtime and builder pods. The merge logic propagated hostNetwork, hostPID, hostIPC, container privileged, and serviceAccountName from the user-supplied podspec with no filtering, and Environment.Validate performed no security-relevant checks on these fields. This issue has been patched in version 1.24.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fission | fission | before 1.24.0 | 1.24.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/fission/fission (Go) | before 1.24.0 | 1.24.0 | Patch available | GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7 |
- fission Vendorfission Affected before 1.24.0 Fixed in 1.24.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/fission/fission (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.24.0 Fixed in 1.24.0 Patch available GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7
Remediation
- Fix · CNA fission (fission) Fixed in 1.24.0
- Fix · GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7 github.com/fission/fission (Go) Fixed in 1.24.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50564
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7
References
More fission vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-34271 Improper access control in fission CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-34273 Improper privilege management in fission CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-37288 Fission: Environment Runtime.Container and Builder.Container SecurityContext bypass allows privileged pod creation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-37285 Fission Container Executor Function PodSpec Injection Leading to Node Escape CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-37268 Fission Environment CRD PodSpec Injection Leading to Node Escape and Cluster Takeover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-34270 Fission StorageSvc /v1/archive endpoint exposes unauthenticated CRUD over all function archives CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-50564 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-50564 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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