{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-04-23T00:41:01+00:00","cve":"CVE-2023-2431","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2023-2431","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2023-2431.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2431","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2431"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2023-2431","description":"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.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"security@kubernetes.io","published_at":"2023-06-16 08:15:00","updated_at":"2023-07-01 06:15:00"},"problem_types":["NVD-CWE-Other"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XBX4RL4UOC7JHWWYB2AJCKSUM7EG5Y5G/","name":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XBX4RL4UOC7JHWWYB2AJCKSUM7EG5Y5G/","refsource":"MISC","tags":[],"title":"[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: kubernetes-1.26.6-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118690","name":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118690","refsource":"MISC","tags":[],"title":"CVE-2023-2431: Bypass of seccomp profile enforcement  · Issue #118690 · kubernetes/kubernetes · GitHub","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/QHmx0HOQa10","name":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/QHmx0HOQa10","refsource":"MISC","tags":[],"title":"[Security Advisory] CVE-2023-2431: Bypass of seccomp profile enforcement","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/43HDSKBKPSW53OW647B5ETHRWFFNHSRQ/","name":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/43HDSKBKPSW53OW647B5ETHRWFFNHSRQ/","refsource":"MISC","tags":[],"title":"[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: kubernetes-1.25.11-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2431","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2431","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2023","cve_id":"2431","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"fedoraproject","cpe5":"fedora","cpe6":"38","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2023","cve_id":"2431","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"kubernetes","cpe5":"kubernetes","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[{"cve":"CVE-2023-2431","qid":"184764","title":"Debian Security Update for kubernetes (CVE-2023-2431)"},{"cve":"CVE-2023-2431","qid":"284105","title":"Fedora Security Update for kubernetes (FEDORA-2023-c7f63322b5)"},{"cve":"CVE-2023-2431","qid":"284120","title":"Fedora Security Update for kubernetes (FEDORA-2023-a1d7a29fe5)"}]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"data_version":"4.0","data_type":"CVE","data_format":"MITRE","CVE_data_meta":{"ID":"CVE-2023-2431","ASSIGNER":"security@kubernetes.io","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"CWE-1287 Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input","cweId":"CWE-1287"}]}]},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"vendor_name":"Kubernetes","product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"Kubernetes","version":{"version_data":[{"version_affected":"<","version_name":"0","version_value":"v1.24.14"},{"version_affected":"<","version_name":"v1.25.0","version_value":"v1.25.9"},{"version_affected":"<","version_name":"v1.26.0","version_value":"v1.26.4"},{"version_affected":"<","version_name":"v1.27.0","version_value":"v1.27.1"}]}}]}}]}},"references":{"reference_data":[{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/QHmx0HOQa10","refsource":"MISC","name":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/QHmx0HOQa10"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118690","refsource":"MISC","name":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/118690"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XBX4RL4UOC7JHWWYB2AJCKSUM7EG5Y5G/","refsource":"MISC","name":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XBX4RL4UOC7JHWWYB2AJCKSUM7EG5Y5G/"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/43HDSKBKPSW53OW647B5ETHRWFFNHSRQ/","refsource":"MISC","name":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/43HDSKBKPSW53OW647B5ETHRWFFNHSRQ/"}]},"generator":{"engine":"Vulnogram 0.1.0-dev"},"source":{"discovery":"UNKNOWN"},"solution":[{"lang":"en","value":"To mitigate these vulnerabilities, upgrade Kubelet:  https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-upgrade/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-upgrade/"}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","value":"Tim Allclair"},{"lang":"en","value":"Craig Ingram"}],"impact":{"cvss":[{"version":"3.1","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseSeverity":"LOW","baseScore":3.4,"vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2023-06-16 08:15:00","lastModifiedDate":"2023-07-01 06:15:00","problem_types":["NVD-CWE-Other"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":5.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":3.6}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"1.24.14","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"1.25.0","versionEndExcluding":"1.25.10","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"1.26.0","versionEndExcluding":"1.26.5","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"1.27.0","versionEndExcluding":"1.27.2","cpe_name":[]}]},{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":null,"notes":[]}}}