CVE-2023-2727
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileDEEUFRRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Users may be able to launch containers using images that are restricted by ImagePolicyWebhook when using ephemeral containers. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ImagePolicyWebhook admission plugin is used together with ephemeral containers.
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affected products (29)
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advisories (4)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1469Kubernetes: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2023-06-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Kubernetes ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
- GHSA-qc2g-gmh6-95p4kube-apiserver vulnerable to policy bypass2023-07-03ghsa · osvUS
Users may be able to launch containers using images that are restricted by ImagePolicyWebhook when using ephemeral containers. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ImagePolicyWebhook admission plugin is used together with ephemeral containers.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
- GO-2023-1891Vulnerable to policy bypass in kube-apiserver in k8s.io/kubernetes2024-08-20vendor · osvUS
Vulnerable to policy bypass in kube-apiserver in k8s.io/kubernetes
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references (17)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/06/2cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-2727cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-2727/cnnvd
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118640cnnvd
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/vPWYJ_L84m8cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2727cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0004/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.3498cnnvd
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