CVE-2022-3172 (GCVE-0-2022-3172)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-03 18:11 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Kubernetes - API server - Aggregated API server can cause clients to be redirected (SSRF)
Summary
A security issue was discovered in kube-apiserver that allows an
aggregated API server to redirect client traffic to any URL. This could
lead to the client performing unexpected actions as well as forwarding
the client's API server credentials to third parties.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/112513 | issue-tracking |
| https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-a… | mailing-list |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023122… |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | kube-apiserver |
Affected:
v1.25.0
Affected: v1.24.0 , ≤ v1.24.4 (semver) Affected: v1.23.0 , ≤ v1.23.10 (semver) Affected: v1.22.0 , ≤ v1.22.13 (semver) Unaffected: v1.25.1 Unaffected: v1.24.5 Unaffected: v1.23.11 Unaffected: v1.22.14 Affected: 0 , ≤ v1.21.14 (semver) |
guessed |
Date Public
2022-09-16 04:00
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