GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-hq4m-4948-64cc Kyverno resource with a deletionTimestamp may allow policy circumvention

MEDIUM Published 2023-06-05 Modified 2023-06-05 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-34091
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/kyverno/kyverno
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-285
Reviewed
2023-06-05

Affected packages

• Go github.com/kyverno/kyverno: < 1.10.0 → fixed in 1.10.0

Description

Impact In versions of Kyverno prior to 1.10.0, resources which have the `deletionTimestamp` field defined can bypass validate, generate, or mutate-existing policies, even in cases where the `validationFailureAction` field is set to `Enforce`. This situation occurs as resources pending deletion were being consciously exempted by Kyverno, as a way to reduce processing load as policies are typically not applied to objects which are being deleted. However, this could potentially result in allowing a malicious user to leverage the Kubernetes finalizers feature by setting a finalizer which causes the Kubernetes API server to set the `deletionTimestamp` and then not completing the delete operation as a way to explicitly to bypass a Kyverno policy. Note that this is not applicable to Kubernetes Pods but, as an example, a Kubernetes Service resource can be manipulated using an indefinite finalizer to bypass policies. Patches This is resolved in Kyverno 1.10.0. Workarounds There is no known workaround. References _Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-34091 Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness

References