CVE-2023-5408
Openshift: modification of node role labels
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the node restriction admission plugin of the kubernetes api server of OpenShift. A remote attacker who modifies the node role label could steer workloads from the control plane and etcd nodes onto different worker nodes and gain broader access to the cluster.
| CWE | CWE-269 |
| Vendor | red hat |
| Product | red hat openshift container platform 4.11 |
| Published | Nov 2, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Nov 7, 2025 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
All versions affected References
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6130 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6842 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7479 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5408 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242173 github.com: https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/pull/1736
Credits
This issue was discovered by Derek Carr (Red Hat) and Mrunal Patel (Red Hat).