Kubernetes kube-apiserver up to 1.25.0 API Server server-side request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Kubernetes kube-apiserver up to 1.21.14/1.22.13/1.23.10/1.24.4/1.25.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component API Server Handler. Performing a manipulation results in server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-3172. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Kubernetes kube-apiserver up to 1.21.14/1.22.13/1.23.10/1.24.4/1.25.0 (Virtualization Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component API Server Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A security issue was discovered in kube-apiserver that allows an aggregated API server to redirect client traffic to any URL. This could lead to the client performing unexpected actions as well as forwarding the client's API server credentials to third parties.

The weakness was disclosed 11/03/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-3172 since 09/09/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.22.14, 1.23.11, 1.24.5 or 1.25.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• Kubernetes

Name

• kube-apiserver

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.21.0
• 1.21.1
• 1.21.2
• 1.21.3
• 1.21.4
• 1.21.5
• 1.21.6
• 1.21.7
• 1.21.8
• 1.21.9
• 1.21.10
• 1.21.11
• 1.21.12
• 1.21.13
• 1.21.14
• 1.22
• 1.22.0
• 1.22.1
• 1.22.2
• 1.22.3
• 1.22.4
• 1.22.5
• 1.22.6
• 1.22.7
• 1.22.8
• 1.22.9
• 1.22.10
• 1.22.11
• 1.22.12
• 1.22.13
• 1.23
• 1.23.0
• 1.23.1
• 1.23.2
• 1.23.3
• 1.23.4
• 1.23.5
• 1.23.6
• 1.23.7
• 1.23.8
• 1.23.9
• 1.23.10
• 1.24
• 1.24.0
• 1.24.1
• 1.24.2
• 1.24.3
• 1.24.4
• 1.25.0

License

• open-source

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