CVE-2023-0229

Published: Jan 25, 2023Updated: Apr 1, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20

6.3MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go, used in OpenShift 4.12 and 4.11, that contains an issue that can allow low-privileged users to set the seccomp profile for pods they control to "unconfined." By default, the seccomp profile used in the restricted-v2 Security Context Constraint (SCC) is "runtime/default," allowing users to disable seccomp for pods they can create and modify.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

CWE-20 NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

package-ecosystem

github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go

OSS Libraries

redhat

commercial·USaka red hat

openshiftOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160349

bugzilla.redhat.com

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0229

nvd.nist.gov

https://github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go/pull/97

github.com

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