CVE-2021-25735

mediumpriority · track · 38OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.054 · 93 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUFRRUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · PoC
Likely / severe?
5.38% (93rd) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
19 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
7 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A security issue was discovered in kube-apiserver that could allow node updates to bypass a Validating Admission Webhook. Clusters are only affected by this vulnerability if they run a Validating Admission Webhook for Nodes that denies admission based at least partially on the old state of the Node object. Validating Admission Webhook does not observe some previous fields.

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cvss

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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 4.9
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.2
v3.16.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · jordan@liggitt.netexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.2
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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exploits (1)

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affected products (19)

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advisories (4)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2022-0510IBM DB2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM DB2 ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen, willkürlichen Code mit erhöhten Rechten auszuführen, Informationen falsch darzustellen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.

  • GHSA-g42g-737j-qx6jAccess Restriction Bypass in kube-apiserver2021-05-28ghsa · osvUS

    A vulnerability in Kubernetes `kube-apiserver` could allow node updates to bypass a _Validating Admission Webhook_ and allow unauthorized node updates. The information that is provided to the admission controller could contain old configurations that overwrite values used for validation. Since the overwriting takes place before the validation, this could lead the admission controller to accept requests that should be blocked. The vulnerability can be exploited when an update action on node resources is performed and an admission controller is in place and configured to validate the action. Users are only affected by this vulnerability if they are running a _Validating Admission Webhook_ for Nodes that denies admission based partially on the old state of the Node object. It only impacts validating admission plugins that rely on old values in certain fields and does not impact calls from kubelets that go through the built-in NodeRestriction admission plugin.

  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
  • GO-2022-0907Access Restriction Bypass in kube-apiserver in k8s.io/kubernetes2024-08-21vendor · osvUS

    Access Restriction Bypass in kube-apiserver in k8s.io/kubernetes

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