CVE-2023-2878 | Kubernetes secrets-store-csi-driver discloses service account tokens in logs

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Kubernetes secrets-store-csi-driver in versions before 1.3.3 discloses service account tokens in logs.

Published: 2023-06-07 Last update: 2025-02-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-2878 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-2878

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-2878

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-27 0.05% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2026-03-13 0.07% 0.05% -0.02%
3 2025-10-17 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-2878

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.0 4.0 [email protected]
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-2878

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-2878

GHSA-g82w-58jf-gcxx · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — secrets-store-csi-driver discloses service account tokens in logs

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-2878

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2878
suse medium CVE-2023-2878 severity moderate: SUSE including 14 source package names (kubernetes, kubernetes-client, …), 86 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (16 product lines)): Known Not Affected 86. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2878/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-2878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kubernetes secrets-store-csi-driver < 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:secrets-store-csi-driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-2878

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