CVE-2023-37917 Privilege Escalation in kubepi

What is CVE-2023-37917?

CVE-2023-37917 is a critical vulnerability in 1Panel-dev KubePi, published on 21 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

KubePi is an opensource kubernetes management panel. A normal user has permission to create/update users, they can become admin by editing the `isadmin` value in the request. As a result any user may take administrative control of KubePi. This issue has been addressed in version 1.6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37917?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/KubeOperator/kubepi. It affects 1 product.

Products include Fit2cloud Kubepi.

How do I fix CVE-2023-37917?

Upgrade github.com/KubeOperator/kubepi to 1.6.5 or later.

Is CVE-2023-37917 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37917 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in 1Panel-dev KubePi

• CVE-2023-22463 KubePi's Hardcoded Jwtsigkeys allows malicious actor to login with a forged JWT token Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-22479 KubePi vulnerable to session fixation attack High 7.5
• CVE-2023-22478 KubePi is vulnerable to missing authorization High 7.3
• CVE-2023-37916 Leak password hash of any user Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-757p-vx43-fp9r, GO-2023-1956.