CVE record · CVE-2021-25749

runAsNonRoot logic bypass for Windows containers

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0021 · 11th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: kubernetes) at 24 May 2023, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Kubernetes	Kubernetes	affected kubelet v1.22.0 - v1.22.13 to before v1.22.14 custom affected kubelet v1.23.0 - v1.23.10 to before v1.23.11 custom affected kubelet v1.24.0 - v1.24.4 to before v1.24.5 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2021-25749
CNA: kubernetes
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284
Tags: Kubernetes
Broken access control
Published: 24 May 2023
Updated: 16 Jan 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (kubernetes)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 May 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/qqTZgulISzA

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