OpenFeature Operator vulnerable to Cluster-level Privilege Escalation

CVE-2023-29018 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Impact

On a node controlled by an attacker or malicious user, the lax permissions configured on open-feature-operator-controller-manager can be used to further escalate the privileges of any service account in the cluster.

The increased privileges could be used to modify cluster state, leading to DoS, or read sensitive data, including secrets.

Patches

The patch mitigates this issue by restricting the resources the open-feature-operator-controller-manager can modify.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
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Repository advisory
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Source code
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Published (advisory)
2023-04-12 20:40:38 UTC
Updated
2023-04-25 16:34:38 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2023-04-12 20:40:38 UTC
NVD published
2023-04-14

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.51% 66.50%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
8.8 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-cwf6-xj49-wp83 ↗
CVE CVE-2023-29018 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Credits

  • younaman (reporter)
  • thisthat (remediation_reviewer)
  • bacherfl (remediation_developer)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator < 0.2.32 0.2.32 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence