GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc

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    GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc

    Published: 27 Aug 2025Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Kubernetes Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5187, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/133471, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/a2d98cac56a0c5cb2d8abc4d087fc00846b3bc0f, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes, https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/znSNY7XCztE

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: k8s.io/kubernetes

    Purl: pkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.31.12

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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