CVE-2025-7342 (GCVE-0-2025-7342)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-17 23:03
Modified
2025-08-20 00:47
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Summary
A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Image Builder where default credentials are enabled during the Windows image build process when using the Nutanix or VMware OVA providers. These credentials, which allow root access, are disabled at the conclusion of the build. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if their nodes use VM images created via the Image Builder project and the vulnerability was exploited during the build process, which requires an attacker to access the build VM and modify the image while the build is in progress.
References
jordan@liggitt.nethttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/133115
jordan@liggitt.nethttps://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/tuEsLUQu_PA
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Kubernetes Image Builder Version: 0   ≤ 0.1.44
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