Radius controller can delete another tenant's container resource
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Radius before 0.58.0 is affected, including the Go module github.com/radius-project/radius. The Kubernetes controller uses the user-controlled radapp.io/status annotation on a Deployment to delete a container resource without checking that the Deployment owns it (CWE-20). An attacker who can edit Deployment annotations and knows a target Radius resource ID can delete another tenant's container resource in multi-tenant installations, disrupting that team's service.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Radius is a cloud-native, portable application platform that makes app development easier for teams building cloud-native apps. Prior to 0.58.0, the Kubernetes controller deserializes the user-controlled radapp.io/status annotation on a Deployment and uses its container resource identifier for deletion without confirming ownership by that Deployment. An attacker with permission to modify Deployment annotations and knowledge of a target Radius resource ID can forge radapp.io/status and set radapp.io/enabled to false, causing reconciliation to enter the privileged deletion path for another tenant's Radius-managed container resource. In a multi-tenant installation this confused-deputy condition can delete another team's recoverable container resource and disrupt service; in a single-tenant installation the impact is limited to self denial of service. The multi-tenant Radius controller reads the annotations in pkg/controller/reconciler/annotations.go and reaches the privileged delete in pkg/controller/reconciler/deployment_reconciler.go. The issue does not disclose data, grant privileges, or provide persistence. This issue is fixed in version 0.58.0.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| radius-project | radius | before 0.58.0 | 0.58.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/radius-project/radius (Go) | before 0.58.0 | 0.58.0 | Patch available | GHSA-fp5j-4fj2-4jvq |
- radius Vendorradius-project Affected before 0.58.0 Fixed in 0.58.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/radius-project/radius (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.58.0 Fixed in 0.58.0 Patch available GHSA-fp5j-4fj2-4jvq
Remediation
Upgrade radius-project radius and the Go module github.com/radius-project/radius to version 0.58.0, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA radius (radius-project) Fixed in 0.58.0
- Fix · GHSA-fp5j-4fj2-4jvq github.com/radius-project/radius (Go) Fixed in 0.58.0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-15 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-53999
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/security/advisories/GHSA-fp5j-4fj2-4jvq
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/11967
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/commit/c4174fc205b838d5eab4f64b4909001ab08c0587
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/releases/tag/v0.58.0
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius
Sources
- CVE-2026-53999 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-53999 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-53999 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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