CVE-2023-23939
Azure/setup-kubectl: Escalation of privilege vulnerability for v3 and lower
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Azure/setup-kubectl is a GitHub Action for installing Kubectl. This vulnerability only impacts versions before version 3. An insecure temporary creation of a file allows other actors on the Actions runner to replace the Kubectl binary created by this action because it is world writable. This Kubectl tool installer runs `fs.chmodSync(kubectlPath, 777)` to set permissions on the Kubectl binary, however, this allows any local user to replace the Kubectl binary. This allows privilege escalation to the user that can also run kubectl, most likely root. This attack is only possible if an attacker somehow breached the GitHub actions runner or if a user is utilizing an Action that maliciously executes this attack. This has been fixed and released in all versions `v3` and later. 775 permissions are used instead. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2023-01-19 CVE Reserved
- 2023-03-06 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CAPEC
References (2)
URL | Tag | Source |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://github.com/Azure/setup-kubectl/commit/d449d75495d2b9d1463555bb00ca3dca77a42ab6 | 2023-11-07 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://github.com/Azure/setup-kubectl/security/advisories/GHSA-p756-rfxh-x63h | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Azure Setup Kubectl Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Azure Setup Kubectl" | < 3.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Azure Setup Kubectl" and version " < 3.0" | - |
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