Resource exhaustion in Cncf Crossplane

CVE-2023-37900

Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. In versions prior to 1.11.5, 1.12.3, and 1.13.0, a high-privileged user could create a Package referencing an arbitrarily large image containing that Crossplane would then parse, possibly resulting in exhausting all the available memory and therefore in the container being OOMKilled. The impact is limited due to the high privileges required to be able to create the Package and the eventually consistency nature of controller. This issue is fixed in versions 1.11.5, 1.12.3, and 1.13.0.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.4 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37900?
CVE-2023-37900 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cncf Crossplane, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.4/10. Published 2023-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-37900?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.4 out of 10.