GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc
Kubernetes Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5187
- Aliases
- GO-2025-3915
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Description
A vulnerability exists in the NodeRestriction admission controller in Kubernetes clusters where node users can delete their corresponding node object by patching themselves with an OwnerReference to a cluster-scoped resource. If the OwnerReference resource does not exist or is subsequently deleted, the given node object will be deleted via garbage collection.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Go · k8s.io/kubernetes | introduced 0, fixed 1.31.12 |
| Go · k8s.io/kubernetes | introduced 1.32.0-alpha.0, fixed 1.32.8 |
| Go · k8s.io/kubernetes | introduced 1.33.0-alpha.0, fixed 1.33.4 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5187 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/133471 WEB
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/a2d98cac56a0c5cb2d8abc4d087fc00846b3bc0f WEB
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes PACKAGE
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/znSNY7XCztE WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |