GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-864f-7xjm-2jp2 CNCF K3s Kubernetes kubelet configuration exposes credentials
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-46599
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/k3s-io/k3s
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1188
- Reviewed
- 2025-04-25
Affected packages
• Go github.com/k3s-io/k3s: >= 1.32.0-rc1, < 1.32.4-rc1 → fixed in 1.32.4-rc1
Description
CNCF K3s 1.32 before 1.32.4-rc1+k3s1 has a Kubernetes kubelet configuration change with the unintended consequence that, in some situations, ReadOnlyPort is set to 10255. For example, the default behavior of a K3s online installation might allow unauthenticated access to this port, exposing credentials.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-46599 CNCF K3s 1.32 before 1.32.4-rc1+k3s1 has a Kubernetes kubelet configuration change with the unintended consequence that, in some… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46599 advisory
- https://github.com/f1veT/BUG/issues/2 web
- https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/issues/12164 web
- https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/commit/097b63e588e3c844cdf9b967bcd0a69f4fc0aa0a web
- https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/disable-kubelet-readonly-port web
- https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s package
- https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/compare/v1.32.3+k3s1...v1.32.4-rc1+k3s1 web
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3646 web