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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-30617 · published 3 January 2024

CVE-2023-30617: Openkruise kruise execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability

Openkruise · Kruise

Kruise provides automated management of large-scale applications on Kubernetes. Starting in version 0.8.0 and prior to versions 1.3.1, 1.4.1, and 1.5.2, an attacker who has gained root privilege of the node that kruise-daemon run can leverage the kruise-daemon pod to list all secrets in the entire cluster. After that, the attacker can leverage the "captured" secrets (e.g. the kruise-manager service account token) to gain extra privileges such as pod modification. Versions 1.3.1, 1.4.1, and 1.5.2 fix this issue. A workaround is available. For users that do not require imagepulljob functions, they can modify kruise-daemon-role to drop the cluster level secret get/list privilege.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.49% · top 60.4% CWE-250 · Execution with unnecessary privilegesCWE-269 · Improper privilege management
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.49%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Kruise provides automated management of large-scale applications on Kubernetes. Starting in version 0.8.0 and prior to versions 1.3.1, 1.4.1, and 1.5.2, an attacker who has gained root privilege of the node that kruise-daemon run can leverage the kruise-daemon pod to list all secrets in the entire cluster. After that, the attacker can leverage the "captured" secrets (e.g. the kruise-manager service account token) to gain extra privileges such as pod modification. Versions 1.3.1, 1.4.1, and 1.5.2 fix this issue. A workaround is available. For users that do not require imagepulljob functions, they can modify kruise-daemon-role to drop the cluster level secret get/list privilege.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/openkruise/kruise/security/advisories/GHSA-437m-7hj5-9mpw Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/openkruise/kruise/security/advisories/GHSA-437m-7hj5-9mpw Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-30617), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.