Advisory record · GHSA-w7r3-mgwf-4mqq

Kubernetes C# client accepts certificates from any CA without properly verifying the trust chain

CVSS 6.8 MediumEPSS 0.0031 · 23rd percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 17 Sept 2025, 00:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
KubernetesClientNuGet<17.0.1417.0.14
Identifiers
GHSA-w7r3-mgwf-4mqq · CVE-2025-9708
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-295
Published
17 Sept 2025
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

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

The NuGet package KubernetesClient, versions before 17.0.14, accepts certificates from any certificate authority without properly verifying the trust chain. An attacker positioned on the network path could present a forged certificate and intercept or manipulate traffic to the Kubernetes API server, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks and API impersonation. Upgrade to KubernetesClient 17.0.14 or later.

Written 9 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CNA (kubernetes)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0031, the 23rd percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:21 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:21 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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