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UBUNTU-CVE-2024-9594 (CVE-2024-9594)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-10-15 21:15 – Updated: 2025-07-14 04:39 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-08-28

Details

A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Image Builder versions <= v0.1.37 where default credentials are enabled during the image build process when using the Nutanix, OVA, QEMU or raw providers. The credentials can be used to gain root access. The credentials are disabled at the conclusion of the image build process. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if their nodes use VM images created via the Image Builder project. Because these images were vulnerable during the image build process, they are affected only if an attacker was able to reach the VM where the image build was happening and used the vulnerability to modify the image at the time the image build was occurring.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.1 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-9594	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9594	REPORT
	https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/128007	REPORT
	https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/…	REPORT
	https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-a…	REPORT

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      "package": {
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        "name": "kubernetes",
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  "published": "2024-10-15T21:15:00Z",
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}

CVE-2024-9594 (GCVE-0-2024-9594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-15 20:37 – Updated: 2024-10-16 16:21

Title

VM images built with Image Builder with some providers use default credentials during builds

Summary

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-16 16:20 UTC

CWE

CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Assigner

kubernetes mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/128007	vendor-advisoryissue-tracking
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/…	patch
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-a…	mailing-list

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Kubernetes	Image Builder	Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.1.37 (semver) Unaffected: 0.1.38
kubernetes	image_builder	Affected: 0 , < 0.1.38 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:image_builder::::::::

Date Public

2024-10-14 15:25

Credits

Nicolai Rybnikar @rybnico from Rybnikar Enterprises GmbH.

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