GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-pv22-fqcj-7xwh Inspektor Gadget Security Policies Can be Bypassed

MEDIUM Published 2025-05-06 Modified 2025-05-06 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-285
Reviewed
2025-05-06

Affected packages

• Go github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget: >= 0.31.0, < 0.40.0 → fixed in 0.40.0

Description

Security policies like `allowed-gadgets`, `disallow-pulling`, `verify-image` can be bypassed by a malicious client. Impact Users running `ig` in daemon mode or IG on Kubernetes that rely on any of the features mentioned above are vulnerable to this issue. In order to exploit this, the client needs access to the server, like the correct TLS certificates on the `ig daemon` case or access to the cluster in the Kubernetes case. Patches The issue has been fixed in v0.40.0 Workarounds There is not known workaround to fix it.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness

References