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CVE-2022-24817

CRITICAL
9.9
CVSS 3.1
Description
Flux2 is an open and extensible continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes. Flux2 versions between 0.1.0 and 0.29.0, helm-controller 0.1.0 to v0.19.0, and kustomize-controller 0.1.0 to v0.23.0 are vulnerable to Code Injection via malicious Kubeconfig. In multi-tenancy deployments this can also lead to privilege escalation if the controller's service account has elevated permissions. Workarounds include disabling functionality via Validating Admission webhooks by restricting users from setting the `spec.kubeConfig` field in Flux `Kustomization` and `HelmRelease` objects. Additional mitigations include applying restrictive AppArmor and SELinux profiles on the controller’s pod to limit what binaries can be executed. This vulnerability is fixed in kustomize-controller v0.23.0 and helm-controller v0.19.0, both included in flux2 v0.29.0

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2022-24817
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2022-02-10 00:00 UTC
Published
2022-05-06 00:00 UTC
Last updated
2025-04-23 18:29 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-94
CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Inject…
Vendor / Product
fluxcd / flux2
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
fluxcd flux2 — flux2 < v0.29.0 >= v0.1.0, helm-controller < v0.23.0 >= v0.1.0, kustomize-controller < v0.19.0 >= v0.2.0
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-94 cna CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.9 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References (1)
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