CVE-2023-23939CWE-732

Azure/setup-kubectl: Escalation of privilege vulnerability for v3 and lower

Low · published March 6, 2023

CVSS v3.1
3.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.9 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00362 · 28.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Published
2023-03-06T18:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAR 18:19Z
    Azure/setup-kubectl: Escalation of privilege vulnerability for v3 and lower
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