Advisory record · GHSA-864f-7xjm-2jp2

CNCF K3s Kubernetes kubelet configuration exposes credentials

CVSS 6.8 MediumEPSS 0.0046 · 39th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 25 Apr 2025, 06:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
github.com/k3s-io/k3sGo>=1.32.0-rc1, <1.32.4-rc11.32.4-rc1
Identifiers
GHSA-864f-7xjm-2jp2 · CVE-2025-46599 · GO-2025-3646
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1188
Published
25 Apr 2025
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

K3s (github.com/k3s-io/k3s) versions 1.32.0-rc1 up to but not including 1.32.4-rc1 are affected. A kubelet configuration change can set ReadOnlyPort to 10255 in some situations, which may allow unauthenticated network access to that port and expose credentials. Upgrade to 1.32.4-rc1 or later.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.8 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CNA (mitre)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0046, the 39th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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