Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-27484
crossplane-runtime is a set of go libraries used to build Kubernetes controllers in Crossplane and its related stacks. In affected versions an already highly privileged user able to create or update Compositions can specify an arbitrarily high index in a patch's `ToFieldPath`, which could lead to excessive memory usage once such Composition is selected for a Composite resource. Compositions allow users to specify patches inserting elements into arrays at an arbitrary index. When a Composition is selected for a Composite Resource, patches are evaluated and if a specified index is greater than the current size of the target slice, Crossplane will grow that slice up to the specified index, which could lead to an excessive amount of memory usage and therefore the Pod being OOM-Killed. The index is already capped to the maximum value for a uint32 (4294967295) when parsed, but that is still an unnecessarily large value. This issue has been addressed in versions 1.11.2, 1.10.3, and 1.9.2. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade can restrict write privileges on Compositions to only admin users as a workaround.
Vulnerability category: Input validation
Products affected by CVE-2023-27484
- cpe:2.3:a:crossplane:crossplane:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:crossplane:crossplane:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:crossplane:crossplane:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-27484
0.11%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 44 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-27484
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.9
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.2
|
3.6
|
NIST | |
6.2
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.7
|
4.0
|
GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-27484
-
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
-
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2023-27484
-
https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/security/advisories/GHSA-v829-x6hh-cqfq
Unchecked fieldpath index in Composition's patches can lead to arbitrary memory allocation · Advisory · crossplane/crossplane · GitHubVendor Advisory
Jump to