Karmada is a Kubernetes management system that allows users to run cloud-native applications across multiple Kubernetes clusters and clouds. Prior to version 1.12.0, the PULL mode clusters registered with the `karmadactl register` command have excessive privileges to access control plane resources. By abusing these permissions, an attacker able to authenticate as the karmada-agent to a karmada cluster would be able to obtain administrative privileges over the entire federation system including all registered member clusters. Since Karmada v1.12.0, command `karmadactl register` restricts the access permissions of pull mode member clusters to control plane resources. This way, an attacker able to authenticate as the karmada-agent cannot control other member clusters in Karmada. As a workaround, one may restrict the access permissions of pull mode member clusters to control plane resources according to Karmada Component Permissions Docs.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Karmada is a Kubernetes management system that allows users to run cloud-native applications across
    multiple Kubernetes clusters and clouds. Prior to version 1.12.0, the PULL mode clusters registered with
    the `karmadactl register` command have excessive privileges to access control plane resources. By abusing
    these permissions, an attacker able to authenticate as the karmada-agent to a karmada cluster would be
    able to obtain administrative privileges over the entire federation system including all registered member
    clusters. Since Karmada v1.12.0, command `karmadactl register` restricts the access permissions of pull
    mode member clusters to control plane resources. This way, an attacker able to authenticate as the
    karmada-agent cannot control other member clusters in Karmada. As a workaround, one may restrict the
    access permissions of pull mode member clusters to control plane resources according to Karmada Component
    Permissions Docs. (CVE-2024-56513)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0060-1 advisory.

    - Update to version 0.0.20250108T191942 2025-01-08T19:19:42Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2025-3371 GHSA-2r2v-9pf8-6342
      * GO-2025-3374 CVE-2025-22130 GHSA-j4jw-m6xr-fv6c

    - Update to version 0.0.20250107T160406 2025-01-07T16:04:06Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2025-3363 GO-2025-3364 GO-2025-3367 GO-2025-3368
      * GO-2024-3355 CVE-2024-54148 GHSA-r7j8-5h9c-f6fx
      * GO-2024-3356 CVE-2024-55947 GHSA-qf5v-rp47-55gg
      * GO-2024-3357 CVE-2024-56362 GHSA-xwx7-p63r-2rj8
      * GO-2024-3358 CVE-2024-45387 GHSA-vq94-9pfv-ccqr
      * GO-2024-3359 CVE-2024-28892 GHSA-5qww-56gc-f66c
      * GO-2024-3360 CVE-2024-25133 GHSA-wgqq-9qh8-wvqv
      * GO-2025-3361 CVE-2024-55196 GHSA-rv83-h68q-c4wq
      * GO-2025-3362 CVE-2025-21609 GHSA-8fx8-pffw-w498
      * GO-2025-3363 CVE-2024-56514 GHSA-cwrh-575j-8vr3
      * GO-2025-3364 CVE-2024-56513 GHSA-mg7w-c9x2-xh7r
      * GO-2025-3367 CVE-2025-21614 GHSA-r9px-m959-cxf4
      * GO-2025-3368 CVE-2025-21613 GHSA-v725-9546-7q7m

    - Update to version 0.0.20241220T214820 2024-12-20T21:48:20Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2024-3101 GHSA-75qh-gg76-p2w4
      * GO-2024-3339 GHSA-8wcc-m6j2-qxvm

    - Update to version 0.0.20241220T203729 2024-12-20T20:37:29Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2024-3101 GHSA-75qh-gg76-p2w4
      * GO-2024-3109 CVE-2024-43803 GHSA-pqfh-xh7w-7h3p
      * GO-2024-3333 CVE-2024-45338 GHSA-w32m-9786-jp63
      * GO-2024-3342 GHSA-hxr6-2p24-hf98
      * GO-2024-3343 CVE-2024-9779 GHSA-jhh6-6fhp-q2xp
      * GO-2024-3344 GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c
      * GO-2024-3349 CVE-2024-25131 GHSA-77c2-c35q-254w
      * GO-2024-3350 GHSA-5pf6-cq2v-23ww
      * GO-2024-3354 CVE-2024-12678 GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
416948	SCA: security update for github.com/karmada-io/karmada (GHSA-mg7w-c9x2-xh7r)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
416948	SCA: security update for github.com/karmada-io/karmada (GHSA-mg7w-c9x2-xh7r)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
213966	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : govulncheck-vulndb (SUSE-SU-2025:0060-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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