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Servers and applications

CVE-2023-2431

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.

Severity
Medium 5.5
Published
16 Jun 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
1.24.14, 1.25.10, 1.26.5, 1.27.2
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
KubernetesServers and applications · cpe:a:kubernetes:kubernetes
  • Every version before 1.24.14
  • From 1.25.0 before 1.25.10
  • From 1.26.0 before 1.26.5
  • From 1.27.0 before 1.27.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2431
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2431