CVE-2025-13281 (GCVE-0-2025-13281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-14 21:27 – Updated: 2025-12-15 16:26
VLAI
Title
Portworx Half-Blind SSRF in kube-controller-manager
Summary
A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).
Severity
5.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes Kubernetes Affected: v1.30.0 , ≤ v1.30.14 (custom)
Affected: v1.31.0 , ≤ v1.31.14 (custom)
Affected: v1.32.0 , ≤ v1.32.9 (custom)
Affected: v1.33.0 , ≤ v1.33.5 (custom)
Affected: v1.34.0 , ≤ v1.34.1 (custom)
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