Kubernetes Image Builder up to 0.1.44 hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Kubernetes Image Builder up to 0.1.44. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-7342. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Kubernetes Image Builder up to 0.1.44 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Image Builder where default credentials are enabled during the image build process. Additionally, virtual machine images built using the Nutanix or the OVA provider do not disable these default credentials, and nodes using the resulting images may be accessible via these default credentials. The credentials can be used to gain root access. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if their Windows nodes use VM images created via the Image Builder project with its Nutanix or OVA provider.

The advisory is shared for download at groups.google.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-7342 since 07/08/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

Upgrading to version 0.1.45 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• Kubernetes

Name

• Image Builder

Version

• 0.1.0
• 0.1.1
• 0.1.2
• 0.1.3
• 0.1.4
• 0.1.5
• 0.1.6
• 0.1.7
• 0.1.8
• 0.1.9
• 0.1.10
• 0.1.11
• 0.1.12
• 0.1.13
• 0.1.14
• 0.1.15
• 0.1.16
• 0.1.17
• 0.1.18
• 0.1.19
• 0.1.20
• 0.1.21
• 0.1.22
• 0.1.23
• 0.1.24
• 0.1.25
• 0.1.26
• 0.1.27
• 0.1.28
• 0.1.29
• 0.1.30
• 0.1.31
• 0.1.32
• 0.1.33
• 0.1.34
• 0.1.35
• 0.1.36
• 0.1.37
• 0.1.38
• 0.1.39
• 0.1.40
• 0.1.41
• 0.1.42
• 0.1.43
• 0.1.44

License

• open-source

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