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SCA: security update for k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-xc8m-28vv-4pjc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420427

Description

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

 - A security issue was discovered in Kubelet that allows pods to bypass the seccomp profile enforcement.
 Pods that use localhost type for seccomp profile but specify an empty profile field, are affected by this
 issue. In this scenario, this vulnerability allows the pod to run in unconfined (seccomp disabled) mode.
 This bug affects Kubelet. (CVE-2023-2431)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc8m-28vv-4pjc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420427

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2431

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2431