GHSA-hq4m-4948-64cc

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq4m-4948-64cc
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/06/GHSA-hq4m-4948-64cc/GHSA-hq4m-4948-64cc.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-hq4m-4948-64cc
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Published
2023-06-05T17:10:13Z
Modified
2024-08-20T20:58:31.604028Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Kyverno resource with a deletionTimestamp may allow policy circumvention
Details

Impact

In versions of Kyverno prior to 1.10.0, resources which have the deletionTimestamp field defined can bypass validate, generate, or mutate-existing policies, even in cases where the validationFailureAction field is set to Enforce.

This situation occurs as resources pending deletion were being consciously exempted by Kyverno, as a way to reduce processing load as policies are typically not applied to objects which are being deleted.

However, this could potentially result in allowing a malicious user to leverage the Kubernetes finalizers feature by setting a finalizer which causes the Kubernetes API server to set the deletionTimestamp and then not completing the delete operation as a way to explicitly to bypass a Kyverno policy.

Note that this is not applicable to Kubernetes Pods but, as an example, a Kubernetes Service resource can be manipulated using an indefinite finalizer to bypass policies.

Patches

This is resolved in Kyverno 1.10.0.

Workarounds

There is no known workaround.

References

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Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-06-01T17:15:10Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-285"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-06-05T17:10:13Z"
}
References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/kyverno/kyverno

Package

Name
github.com/kyverno/kyverno
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Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/kyverno/kyverno

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.0