CVE-2025-5187CWE-863

Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference

Medium · published August 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00574 · 46.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2025-08-27T16:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 AUG 16:20Z
    Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference
    cvelistv5