GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc/GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-08-27T18:31:55Z
Modified
2025-08-27T19:59:50.212465Z
Severity
  • 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Kubernetes Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-27T19:20:29Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-27T17:15:48Z",
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

Go / k8s.io/kubernetes

Package

Name
k8s.io/kubernetes
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.31.12

Go / k8s.io/kubernetes

Package

Name
k8s.io/kubernetes
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.32.0-alpha.0
Fixed
1.32.8

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "< 1.32.7"
}

Go / k8s.io/kubernetes

Package

Name
k8s.io/kubernetes
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.33.0-alpha.0
Fixed
1.33.4