CVE-2025-9708 (GCVE-0-2025-9708)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-16 21:08
Modified
2025-11-04 21:15
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Summary
A vulnerability exists in the Kubernetes C# client where the certificate validation logic accepts properly constructed certificates from any Certificate Authority (CA) without properly verifying the trust chain. This flaw allows a malicious actor to present a forged certificate and potentially intercept or manipulate communication with the Kubernetes API server, leading to possible man-in-the-middle attacks and API impersonation.
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Kubernetes Kubernetes CSharp Client Version: 0   ≤ 17.0.13
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