Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Affected versions of github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge are 1.21.0 to before 1.21.2, 1.22.0 to before 1.22.2, and 1.23.0 to before 1.23.1. An authenticated user who can create or modify ConfigUpdateJob resources can inject shell metacharacters into configuration fields, running arbitrary commands on targeted edge nodes with the privileges of the KubeEdge process. Upgrade to 1.21.2, 1.22.2, or 1.23.1; until then, restrict who can create or modify ConfigUpdateJob resources.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0048, the 41st percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:12 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:12 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3
- OSV: GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/security/advisories/GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62182
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/pull/7028
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/pull/7029
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/pull/7030
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/commit/14f65fc6207787f266cbcb0dceac7f09a81bab2b
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/commit/6309a335c8e5e3c154b6bb0a09292f5c7dc598dc
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/commit/ee78415a36911c1a93e59a921c23b8e4ecd83e90
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.21.md
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.22.md
- github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.23.md