{"id":"CVE-2023-29018","aliases":["EUVD-2023-1275","GHSA-cwf6-xj49-wp83","GO-2023-1721"],"status":"published","title":"OpenFeature Operator vulnerable to Cluster-level Privilege Escalation","description":"The OpenFeature Operator allows users to expose feature flags to applications. Assuming the pre-existence of a vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution, an attacker could leverage the lax permissions configured on `open-feature-operator-controller-manager` to escalate the privileges of any SA in the cluster. The increased privileges could be used to modify cluster state, leading to DoS, or read sensitive data, including secrets. 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