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CVE-2026-62182

HIGH 8.8

KubeEdge: ConfigUpdateJob updateFields enables remote shell injection and code execution on edge nodes

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

KubeEdge is an open source system for extending native containerized application orchestration capabilities to hosts at Edge. From 1.21.0 until 1.21.2, 1.22.2, and 1.23.1, ConfigUpdateJob processing in edge/pkg/taskmanager/actions/configupdatejob.go concatenates authenticated user-controlled updateFields values into the keadm config-update command and executes it through a system shell. A user with permission to create or modify ConfigUpdateJob resources can include shell metacharacters in the complete --set value and cause arbitrary commands to execute on an enrolled target edge node with the privileges of the KubeEdge process handling the job. This issue is fixed in versions 1.21.2, 1.22.2, and 1.23.1.

CWE CWE-78
Vendor kubeedge
Product kubeedge
Published Sep 21, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

kubeedge / kubeedge
>= 1.21.0, < 1.21.2 >= 1.22.0, < 1.22.2 >= 1.23.0, < 1.23.1

References

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github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/security/advisories/GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3 github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/pull/7028 github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/pull/7029 github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/pull/7030 github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/commit/14f65fc6207787f266cbcb0dceac7f09a81bab2b github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/commit/6309a335c8e5e3c154b6bb0a09292f5c7dc598dc github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/commit/ee78415a36911c1a93e59a921c23b8e4ecd83e90 github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.21.md github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.22.md github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.23.md github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/releases/tag/v1.21.2 github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/releases/tag/v1.22.2 github.com: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/releases/tag/v1.23.1