CVE-2023-2431

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileDEEUFRRUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

30 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A security issue was discovered in Kubelet that allows pods to bypass the seccomp profile enforcement. Pods that use localhost type for seccomp profile but specify an empty profile field, are affected by this issue. In this scenario, this vulnerability allows the pod to run in unconfined (seccomp disabled) mode. This bug affects Kubelet.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.4–5.5

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.13.4lowAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.13.4lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.4lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · jordan@liggitt.netexploitability 0.8 · impact 2.5

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1287USCWE-1287USCWE-1287US

affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
Open Source Kubernetes <1.24.14all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes <1.25.10all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes <1.26.5all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes <1.27.2all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Open Source Kubernetes< 1.24.14cert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes< 1.25.10cert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes< 1.26.5cert_bundDE
Open Source Kubernetes< 1.27.2cert_bundDE
Kubernetes Kubernetes0 → v1.24.14enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes Kubernetesv1.25.0 → v1.25.9enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes Kubernetesv1.26.0 → v1.26.4enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes Kubernetesv1.27.0 → v1.27.1enisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Kubernetes≤ 1.24.14fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.25.0 → 1.25.10fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.26.0 → 1.26.5fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.27.0 → 1.27.2fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» АЛЬТ СП 10all versionsfstec_bduRU

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advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1488Kubernetes: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2023-06-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Kubernetes ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
GHSA-xc8m-28vv-4pjcKubelet vulnerable to bypass of seccomp profile enforcement2023-06-16ghsa · osvUS
A security issue was discovered in Kubelet that allows pods to bypass the seccomp profile enforcement. Pods that use localhost type for seccomp profile but specify an empty profile field, are affected by this issue. In this scenario, this vulnerability allows the pod to run in unconfined (seccomp disabled) mode. This bug affects Kubelet.
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
GO-2023-1864Kubelet vulnerable to bypass of seccomp profile enforcement in k8s.io/kubernetes2024-08-20vendor · osvUS
Kubelet vulnerable to bypass of seccomp profile enforcement in k8s.io/kubernetes

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund certfr NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-06-16modified 2026-06-17

references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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