CVE-2024-9042
Kubernetes allows Command Injection affecting Windows nodes via nodes/*/logs/query API
This CVE affects only Windows worker nodes. Your worker node is vulnerable to this issue if it is running one of the affected versions listed below.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
This CVE affects only Windows worker nodes. Your worker node is vulnerable to this issue if it is running one of the affected versions listed below.
- Record
CVE-2024-9042- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-54053
This CVE affects only Windows worker nodes. Your worker node is vulnerable to this issue if it is running one of the affected versions listed below.
- Record
EUVD-2024-54053- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vv39-3w5q-974q
Kubernetes allows Command Injection affecting Windows nodes via nodes/*/logs/query API
A security vulnerability has been discovered in Kubernetes windows nodes that could allow a user with the ability to query a node's '/logs' endpoint to execute arbitrary commands on the host. This CVE affects only Windows worker nodes. Your worker node is vulnerable to this issue if it is running one of the affected versions listed below.
- Record
GHSA-vv39-3w5q-974q- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
This CVE affects only Windows worker nodes. Your worker node is vulnerable to this issue if it is running one of the affected versions listed below.
- Record
CVE-2024-9042- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
This CVE affects only Windows worker nodes. Your worker node is vulnerable to this issue if it is running one of the affected versions listed below.
- Record
CVE-2024-9042- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-vv39-3w5q-974q
Kubernetes allows Command Injection affecting Windows nodes via nodes/*/logs/query API
A security vulnerability has been discovered in Kubernetes windows nodes that could allow a user with the ability to query a node's '/logs' endpoint to execute arbitrary commands on the host. This CVE affects only Windows worker nodes. Your worker node is vulnerable to this issue if it is running one of the affected versions listed below.
- Record
GHSA-vv39-3w5q-974q- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3522 No score
Kubernetes allows Command Injection affecting Windows nodes via nodes/*/logs/query API in k8s.io/kubernetes
Kubernetes allows Command Injection affecting Windows nodes via nodes/*/logs/query API in k8s.io/kubernetes
- Record
GO-2025-3522- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14937-1 No score
govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250327T184518-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250327T184518-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14937-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
k8s.io/kubernetesGo |
before 1.29.13 | 1.29.13 |
k8s.io/kubernetesGo |
1.30.0-alpha.0 up to 1.30.9 | 1.30.9 |
k8s.io/kubernetesGo |
1.31.0-alpha.0 up to 1.31.5 | 1.31.5 |
k8s.io/kubernetesGo |
1.32.0-alpha.0 up to 1.32.1 | 1.32.1 |
k8s.io/kubernetesGo |
before 1.29.13, 1.30.0-alpha.0 up to 1.30.9, 1.31.0-alpha.0 up to 1.31.5, 1.32.0-alpha.0 up to 1.32.1 | 1.29.131.30.91.31.51.32.1 |
govulncheck-vulndbopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 30 CVEs |
before 0.0.20250327T184518-1.1 | 0.0.20250327T184518-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-9042 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Kubernetes Kubelet, published March 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.40%, the 72nd percentile. Fixed in k8s.io/kubernetes 1.29.13.
References
github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/129654
groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/9C3vn6aCSVg
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/16/1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9042
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lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/NEVFAGUWHTVZSJTUAIU6C4S26DP2KIGB
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25132