CVE-2024-41820

Cluster-level privilege escalation in kubean

Published Aug 5, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Kubean is a cluster lifecycle management toolchain based on kubespray and other cluster LCM engine. The ClusterRole has `*` verbs of `*` resources. If a malicious user can access the worker node which has kubean's deployment, he/she can abuse these excessive permissions to do whatever he/she likes to the whole cluster, resulting in a cluster-level privilege escalation. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.18.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-2482 Kubean is a cluster lifecycle management toolchain based on kubespray and other cluster LCM engine. The ClusterRole has `*` verbs of `*` resources. If a malicious user can access the worker node which has kubean's deployment, he/she can abuse these excessive permissions to do whatever he/she likes to the whole cluster, resulting in a cluster-level privilege escalation. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.18.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3wfj-3x8q-hrpg Kubean vulnerable to cluster-level privilege escalation
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:25 PM
Reserved
Jul 22, 2024, 1:57 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 5, 2024, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:48 AM