CVE-2025-5187 (GCVE-0-2025-5187)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-27 16:20
Modified
2025-08-28 03:55
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CWE
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
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
| ► | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | Kubernetes |
Version: v1.31.0 < Version: v1.32.0 < Version: v1.33.0 < |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
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