What is CVE-2024-41820?

CVE-2024-41820 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kubean-Io Kubean, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2024-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-41820?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kubean-Io Kubean

CVE-2024-41820

Kubean is a cluster lifecycle management toolchain based on kubespray and other cluster LCM engine. The ClusterRole has `*` verbs of `*` resources. If a malicious user can access the worker node which has kubean's deployment, he/she can abuse these excessive permissions to do whatever he/she likes to the whole cluster, resulting in a cluster-level privilege escalation. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.18.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Kubean-io Kubean — versions < 0.18.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-41820?: CVE-2024-41820 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kubean-Io Kubean, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2024-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-41820?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.