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CVE-2023-30622

Clusternet has potential risk which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation

6.6 MediumFix available

Clusternet is a general-purpose system for controlling Kubernetes clusters across different environments. An issue in clusternet prior to version 0.15.2 can be leveraged to lead to a cluster-level privilege escalation. The clusternet has a deployment called cluster-hub inside the clusternet-system Kubernetes namespace, which runs on worker nodes randomly. The deployment has a service account called clusternet-hub, which has a cluster role called clusternet:hub via cluster role binding. The clusternet:hub cluster role has "*" verbs of "*.*" resources. Thus, if a malicious user can access the worker node which runs the clusternet, they can leverage the service account to do malicious actions to critical system resources. For example, the malicious user can leverage the service account to get ALL secrets in the entire cluster, resulting in cluster-level privilege escalation. Version 0.15.2 contains a fix for this issue.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.19%Up 0.1 points since Apr 25, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.6

Clusternet has potential risk which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation

Clusternet is a general-purpose system for controlling Kubernetes clusters across different environments. An issue in clusternet prior to version 0.15.2 can be leveraged to lead to a cluster-level privilege escalation. The clusternet has a deployment called cluster-hub inside the clusternet-system Kubernetes namespace, which runs on worker nodes randomly. The deployment has a service account called clusternet-hub, which has a cluster role called clusternet:hub via cluster role binding. The clusternet:hub cluster role has "*" verbs of "*.*" resources. Thus, if a malicious user can access the worker node which runs the clusternet, they can leverage the service account to do malicious actions to critical system resources. For example, the malicious user can leverage the service account to get ALL secrets in the entire cluster, resulting in cluster-level privilege escalation. Version 0.15.2 contains a fix for this issue.

Record
CVE-2023-30622
CVSS 3.1
6.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-1234 6.6

Clusternet is a general-purpose system for controlling Kubernetes clusters across different environments. An issue in clusternet prior to version 0.15.2 can be leveraged to lead to a cluster-level privilege escalation. The clusternet has a deployment called cluster-hub inside the clusternet-system Kubernetes namespace, which runs on worker nodes randomly. The deployment has a service account called clusternet-hub, which has a cluster role called clusternet:hub via cluster role binding. The clusternet:hub cluster role has "*" verbs of "*.*" resources. Thus, if a malicious user can access the worker node which runs the clusternet, they can leverage the service account to do malicious actions to critical system resources. For example, the malicious user can leverage the service account to get ALL secrets in the entire cluster, resulting in cluster-level privilege escalation. Version 0.15.2 contains a fix for this issue.

Record
EUVD-2023-1234
CVSS 3.1
6.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-833c-xh79-p429 6.7

A potential risk in clusternet which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation

Summary:

A potential risk in clusternet which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation.

Detailed analysis:

The clusternet has a deployment called cluster-hub inside the clusternet-system Kubernetes namespace, which runs on worker nodes randomly. The deployment has a service account called clusternet-hub, which has a cluster role called clusternet:hub via cluster role binding. The clusternet:hub cluster role has "" verbs of ".*" resources. Thus, if a malicious user can access the worker node which runs the clusternet, he/she can leverage the service account to do malicious actions to critical system resources. For example, he/she can leverage the service account to get ALL secrets in the entire cluster, resulting in cluster-level privilege escalation.

Record
GHSA-833c-xh79-p429
CVSS 3.1
6.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.7

Clusternet is a general-purpose system for controlling Kubernetes clusters across different environments. An issue in clusternet prior to version 0.15.2 can be leveraged to lead to a cluster-level privilege escalation. The clusternet has a deployment called cluster-hub inside the clusternet-system Kubernetes namespace, which runs on worker nodes randomly. The deployment has a service account called clusternet-hub, which has a cluster role called clusternet:hub via cluster role binding. The clusternet:hub cluster role has "*" verbs of "*.*" resources. Thus, if a malicious user can access the worker node which runs the clusternet, they can leverage the service account to do malicious actions to critical system resources. For example, the malicious user can leverage the service account to get ALL secrets in the entire cluster, resulting in cluster-level privilege escalation. Version 0.15.2 contains a fix for this issue.

Record
CVE-2023-30622
CVSS 3.1
6.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.7

Clusternet has potential risk which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation

Clusternet is a general-purpose system for controlling Kubernetes clusters across different environments. An issue in clusternet prior to version 0.15.2 can be leveraged to lead to a cluster-level privilege escalation. The clusternet has a deployment called cluster-hub inside the clusternet-system Kubernetes namespace, which runs on worker nodes randomly. The deployment has a service account called clusternet-hub, which has a cluster role called clusternet:hub via cluster role binding. The clusternet:hub cluster role has "*" verbs of "*.*" resources. Thus, if a malicious user can access the worker node which runs the clusternet, they can leverage the service account to do malicious actions to critical system resources. For example, the malicious user can leverage the service account to get ALL secrets in the entire cluster, resulting in cluster-level privilege escalation. Version 0.15.2 contains a fix for this issue.

Record
CVE-2023-30622
CVSS 3.1
6.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-833c-xh79-p429 6.7

A potential risk in clusternet which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation

Summary:

A potential risk in clusternet which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation.

Detailed analysis:

The clusternet has a deployment called cluster-hub inside the clusternet-system Kubernetes namespace, which runs on worker nodes randomly. The deployment has a service account called clusternet-hub, which has a cluster role called clusternet:hub via cluster role binding. The clusternet:hub cluster role has "" verbs of ".*" resources. Thus, if a malicious user can access the worker node which runs the clusternet, he/she can leverage the service account to do malicious actions to critical system resources. For example, he/she can leverage the service account to get ALL secrets in the entire cluster, resulting in cluster-level privilege escalation.

Record
GHSA-833c-xh79-p429
CVSS 3.1
6.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-269
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2023-1735 No score

A potential risk in clusternet which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation in github.com/clusternet/clusternet

A potential risk in clusternet which can be leveraged to make a cluster-level privilege escalation in github.com/clusternet/clusternet

Record
GO-2023-1735
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/clusternet/clusternet
Go
before 0.15.2
0.15.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2023-30622 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.6) in Clusternet, published April 21, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. Fixed in github.com/clusternet/clusternet 0.15.2.

References

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