{"id":"CVE-2023-38495","aliases":["BIT-crossplane-2023-38495","EUVD-2023-2113","GHSA-pj4x-2xr5-w87m","GO-2023-1980"],"status":"published","title":"Crossplane vulnerable to possible image tampering from missing image validation for Packages","description":"Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. In versions prior to 1.11.5, 1.12.3, and 1.13.0, Crossplane's image backend does not validate the byte contents of Crossplane packages. As such, Crossplane does not detect if an attacker has tampered with a Package. The problem has been fixed in 1.11.5, 1.12.3 and 1.13.0. As a workaround, only use images from trusted sources and keep Package editing/creating privileges to administrators only.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00836,"percentile":0.58149,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"published":"2023-07-27T18:07:13Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:02Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/crossplane/crossplane","fixed_in":["1.11.5","1.12.3"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"crossplane","fixed_in":["1.11.5","1.12.3"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/crossplane/crossplane","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.5"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/crossplane/crossplane","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.12.0"},{"fixed":"1.12.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"crossplane","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.5"},{"introduced":"1.12.0"},{"fixed":"1.12.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/crossplane/crossplane","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/crossplane/crossplane","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.12.0"},{"fixed":"1.12.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/crossplane/crossplane","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.5"},{"introduced":"1.12.0"},{"fixed":"1.12.3"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"cncf","product":"crossplane"},{"vendor":"crossplane","product":"crossplane"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/security/advisories/GHSA-pj4x-2xr5-w87m","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/blob/ac8b24fe739c5d942ea885157148497f196c3dd3/security/ADA-security-audit-23.pdf","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Technical Description","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38495","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pj4x-2xr5-w87m"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38495.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-38495","title":"Crossplane vulnerable to possible image tampering from missing image validation for Packages","description":"Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. In versions prior to 1.11.5, 1.12.3, and 1.13.0, Crossplane's image backend does not validate the byte contents of Crossplane packages. As such, Crossplane does not detect if an attacker has tampered with a Package. The problem has been fixed in 1.11.5, 1.12.3 and 1.13.0. As a workaround, only use images from trusted sources and keep Package editing/creating privileges to administrators only.","status":"published","published":"2023-07-27T18:07:13.283Z","modified":"2024-10-10T18:00:40.652Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:29.772612Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-2113","description":"Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. In versions prior to 1.11.5, 1.12.3, and 1.13.0, Crossplane's image backend does not validate the byte contents of Crossplane packages. As such, Crossplane does not detect if an attacker has tampered with a Package. The problem has been fixed in 1.11.5, 1.12.3 and 1.13.0. As a workaround, only use images from trusted sources and keep Package editing/creating privileges to administrators only.","status":"published","published":"2023-07-27T18:07:13Z","modified":"2024-10-10T18:00:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:27:41.012246Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-pj4x-2xr5-w87m","title":"Possible image tampering from missing image validation for Packages","description":"### Impact\n\nCrossplanes image backend does not validate the byte contents of Crossplane packages. As such, Crossplane does not detect if an attacker has tampered with a Package.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe problem has been fixed in 1.11.5, 1.12.3 and 1.13.0, all the supported versions of Crossplane at the time of writing.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nOnly using images from trusted sources and keeping Package editing/creating privileges to administrators only, which should be both considered already best practices.\n\n### References\n\nSee `ADA-XP-23-11` in the Security Audit's [report](https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/blob/ac8b24fe739c5d942ea885157148497f196c3dd3/security/ADA-security-audit-23.pdf).\n\n### Credits\n\nThis was reported as `ADA-XP-23-11` by @AdamKorcz and @DavidKorczynski from Ada Logic and facilitated by OSTIF as part of the Security Audit sponsored by CNCF.","status":"published","published":"2023-07-28T15:33:38Z","modified":"2023-11-07T05:03:26Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:15.055009Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-38495","description":"Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. 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As a workaround, only use images from trusted sources and keep Package editing/creating privileges to administrators only.","status":"published","published":"2023-07-27T19:15:10.01Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:10:29.227Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:18.687088Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-38495","title":"Crossplane vulnerable to possible image tampering from missing image validation for Packages","description":"Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. In versions prior to 1.11.5, 1.12.3, and 1.13.0, Crossplane's image backend does not validate the byte contents of Crossplane packages. As such, Crossplane does not detect if an attacker has tampered with a Package. The problem has been fixed in 1.11.5, 1.12.3 and 1.13.0. As a workaround, only use images from trusted sources and keep Package editing/creating privileges to administrators only.","status":"published","published":"2023-07-27T18:07:13.283Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:02.166490491Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:32.922049Z"},{"id":"GHSA-pj4x-2xr5-w87m","title":"Possible image tampering from missing image validation for Packages","description":"### Impact\n\nCrossplanes image backend does not validate the byte contents of Crossplane packages. As such, Crossplane does not detect if an attacker has tampered with a Package.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe problem has been fixed in 1.11.5, 1.12.3 and 1.13.0, all the supported versions of Crossplane at the time of writing.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nOnly using images from trusted sources and keeping Package editing/creating privileges to administrators only, which should be both considered already best practices.\n\n### References\n\nSee `ADA-XP-23-11` in the Security Audit's [report](https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/blob/ac8b24fe739c5d942ea885157148497f196c3dd3/security/ADA-security-audit-23.pdf).\n\n### Credits\n\nThis was reported as `ADA-XP-23-11` by @AdamKorcz and @DavidKorczynski from Ada Logic and facilitated by OSTIF as part of the Security Audit sponsored by CNCF.","status":"published","published":"2023-07-28T15:33:38Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:02.559728932Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:53.244788Z"},{"id":"BIT-crossplane-2023-38495","title":"Crossplane vulnerable to possible image tampering from missing image validation for Packages","description":"Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. 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