CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-25735

MEDIUMEPSS 92th pctl
6.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A security issue was discovered in kube-apiserver that could allow node updates to bypass a Validating Admission Webhook. Clusters are only affected by this vulnerability if they run a Validating Admission Webhook for Nodes that denies admission based at least partially on the old state of the Node object. Validating Admission Webhook does not observe some previous fields.

How to fix

Remediation Available
kubernetesDebian
Fixed in:1.20.5+really1.20.2-1CVE-2021-25735
Fixed in:1.20.5+really1.20.2-1CVE-2021-25735
Fixed in:1.20.5+really1.20.2-1CVE-2021-25735
Fixed in:1.20.5+really1.20.2-1CVE-2021-25735

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

5.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days
92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.