CVE-2023-22645 kubewarden: Excessive permissions for kubewarden-controller-manager-cluster-role

High 8.0 Published Updated

Attackers with access to the controller ServiceAccount can read arbitrary secrets due to excessive permissions in the cluster role.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-22645?

CVE-2023-22645 is a high-severity vulnerability in SUSE kubewarden, published on 19 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE kubewarden allows attackers to read arbitrary secrets if they get access to the ServiceAccount kubewarden-controller This issue affects: SUSE kubewarden kubewarden-controller versions prior to 1.6.0.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22645?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linuxfoundation Kubewarden-Controller.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22645?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22645 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-22645 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22645 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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