CVE-2023-2728

mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUFRUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · PoC
Likely / severe?
2.16% (82nd) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Is it mine?
23 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers. The policy ensures pods running with a service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account’s secrets field. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the `kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets` annotation are used together with ephemeral containers.

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cvss

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

6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.2
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · jordan@liggitt.netexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.2
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20US
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exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (23)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • 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-cgcv-5272-97prKubernetes mountable secrets policy bypass2023-07-03ghsa · osvUS

    Users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers. The policy ensures pods running with a service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account’s secrets field. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the `kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets` annotation are used together with ephemeral containers.

  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
  • GO-2023-1892Kubernetes mountable secrets policy bypass in k8s.io/kubernetes2024-08-20vendor · osvUS

    Kubernetes mountable secrets policy bypass in k8s.io/kubernetes

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdosvcert_bundnvdcertfrNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-07-03modified 2026-06-17
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references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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