Red Hat OpenShift Node Role Label privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat OpenShift and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Node Role Label Handler. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-5408. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat OpenShift (Virtualization Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Node Role Label Handler. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/05/2023. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-5408 since 10/04/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/09/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-57723). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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10/09/2025 +735 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5408 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5408
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-241377
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/05/2023 12:04
Updated: 10/09/2025 17:02
Changes: 10/05/2023 12:04 (35), 10/09/2025 17:02 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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