CVE-2023-2250 Privilege escalation in MCE
A malicious user with worker node access can escalate privileges to cluster-admin and read all secrets in Open Cluster Management.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-2250?
CVE-2023-2250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MCE, published on 24 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the Open Cluster Management (OCM) when a user have access to the worker nodes which has the cluster-manager-registration-controller or cluster-manager deployments. A malicious user can take advantage of this and bind the cluster-admin to any service account or using the service account to list all secrets for all kubernetes namespaces, leading into a cluster-level privilege escalation.
Weakness: CWE-268
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2250?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linuxfoundation Open Cluster Management.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-2250 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2250 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hxv8-f44w-4g6h.