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SCA: security update for k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435132

Description

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

 - A vulnerability exists in the NodeRestriction admission controller in Kubernetes clusters where node users
 can delete their corresponding node object by patching themselves with an OwnerReference to a cluster-
 scoped resource. If the OwnerReference resource does not exist or is subsequently deleted, the given node
 object will be deleted via garbage collection. (CVE-2025-5187)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435132

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5187

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5187

cwe: CWE-863