CVE-2025-5187

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / kubernetes

Package

Name: kubernetes
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/kubernetes?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / kubernetes

Package

Name: kubernetes
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/kubernetes?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / kubernetes

Package

Name: kubernetes
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/kubernetes?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / kubernetes

Package

Name: kubernetes
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/kubernetes?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}