GHSA-7fxv-8wr2-mfc4 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Local Path Provisioner Vulnerable to HelperPod Template Injection
Local Path Provisioner provides a way for the Kubernetes users to utilize the local storage in each node. Prior to 0.0.36, a malicious user with permission to edit the local-path-config ConfigMap in the local-path-storage namespace can manipulate the helperPod.yaml template used by rancher/local-path-provisioner. The helperPod.yaml template is loaded by the provisioner and used to create HelperPods during PVC provisioning and cleanup operations. However, the template is not sufficiently validated before use. Security-sensitive fields such as securityContext.privileged, hostPath volumes, and Linux capabilities can be injected into the template. When a PVC operation triggers HelperPod creation, the provisioner creates the HelperPod using the attacker-controlled template. This can result in a privileged pod running on the target node with the host root filesystem mounted. This may allow the attacker to access sensitive host files, read ServiceAccount tokens from other pods on the same node, access other tenants' local-path volume data, or modify files on the host node. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.36.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-44543 is rated Low Risk (37.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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) |
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| 1 | 2026-05-29 | — | 0.03% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 8.7 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.3 | 5.8 | [email protected] |
GHSA-7fxv-8wr2-mfc4 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Local Path Provisioner Vulnerable to HelperPod Template Injection
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | local_path_provisioner | < 0.0.36 | cpe:2.3:a:suse:local_path_provisioner:*:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/rancher/local-path-provisioner/security/advisories/GHSA-7fxv-8wr2-mfc4 | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |