CVE-2023-36815
Sealos billing system permission control defect
Sealos is a Cloud Operating System designed for managing cloud-native applications. In version 4.2.0 and prior, there is a permission flaw in the Sealos billing system, which allows users to control the recharge resource account sealos[.] io/v1/Payment, resulting in the ability to recharge any amount of 1 renminbi (RMB). The charging interface may expose resource information. The namespace of this custom resource would be user's control and may have permission to correct it. It is not clear whether a fix exists.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Sealos billing system permission control defect
Sealos is a Cloud Operating System designed for managing cloud-native applications. In version 4.2.0 and prior, there is a permission flaw in the Sealos billing system, which allows users to control the recharge resource account sealos[.] io/v1/Payment, resulting in the ability to recharge any amount of 1 renminbi (RMB). The charging interface may expose resource information. The namespace of this custom resource would be user's control and may have permission to correct it. It is not clear whether a fix exists.
- Record
CVE-2023-36815- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-1893
Sealos is a Cloud Operating System designed for managing cloud-native applications. In version 4.2.0 and prior, there is a permission flaw in the Sealos billing system, which allows users to control the recharge resource account sealos[.] io/v1/Payment, resulting in the ability to recharge any amount of 1 renminbi (RMB). The charging interface may expose resource information. The namespace of this custom resource would be user's control and may have permission to correct it. It is not clear whether a fix exists.
- Record
EUVD-2023-1893- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vpxf-q44g-w34w
Sealos billing system permission control defect
Summary
There is a permission flaw in the Sealos billing system, which allows users to control the recharge resource account. sealos. io/v1/Payment, resulting in the ability to recharge any amount of 1 RMB.
Details
The reason is that sealos is in arrears. Egg pain, we can't create a terminal anymore. Let's charge for it:
Then it was discovered that the charging interface had returned all resource information. Unfortunately, based on previous vulnerability experience, the namespace of this custom resource is still under the current user's control and may have permission to correct it.
PoC
disable by publish
Impact
- sealos public cloud user
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Record
GHSA-vpxf-q44g-w34w- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Sealos is a Cloud Operating System designed for managing cloud-native applications. In version 4.2.0 and prior, there is a permission flaw in the Sealos billing system, which allows users to control the recharge resource account sealos[.] io/v1/Payment, resulting in the ability to recharge any amount of 1 renminbi (RMB). The charging interface may expose resource information. The namespace of this custom resource would be user's control and may have permission to correct it. It is not clear whether a fix exists.
- Record
CVE-2023-36815- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Sealos billing system permission control defect
Sealos is a Cloud Operating System designed for managing cloud-native applications. In version 4.2.0 and prior, there is a permission flaw in the Sealos billing system, which allows users to control the recharge resource account sealos[.] io/v1/Payment, resulting in the ability to recharge any amount of 1 renminbi (RMB). The charging interface may expose resource information. The namespace of this custom resource would be user's control and may have permission to correct it. It is not clear whether a fix exists.
- Record
CVE-2023-36815- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-vpxf-q44g-w34w
Sealos billing system permission control defect
Summary
There is a permission flaw in the Sealos billing system, which allows users to control the recharge resource account. sealos. io/v1/Payment, resulting in the ability to recharge any amount of 1 RMB.
Details
The reason is that sealos is in arrears. Egg pain, we can't create a terminal anymore. Let's charge for it:
Then it was discovered that the charging interface had returned all resource information. Unfortunately, based on previous vulnerability experience, the namespace of this custom resource is still under the current user's control and may have permission to correct it.
PoC
disable by publish
Impact
- sealos public cloud user
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Record
GHSA-vpxf-q44g-w34w- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/labring/sealosGo |
through 4.2.0 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-36815 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Labring Sealos, published June 30, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.