SCA: security update for github.com/k3s-io/k3s (GHSA-864f-7xjm-2jp2)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433997

Description

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

- CNCF K3s 1.32 before 1.32.4-rc1+k3s1 has a Kubernetes kubelet configuration change with the unintended
consequence that, in some situations, ReadOnlyPort is set to 10255. For example, the default behavior of a
K3s online installation might allow unauthenticated access to this port, exposing credentials.
(CVE-2025-46599)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-864f-7xjm-2jp2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433997

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.19

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46599

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/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: 4/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46599