CVE-2023-28114 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-28114: `cilium-cli` disables etcd authorization for clustermesh clusters

Vendor Cilium
Product cilium-cli
Weakness CWE-280
Published March 22, 2023
Last update February 25, 2025

CVSS base score

4.8/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

`cilium-cli` is the command line interface to install, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters running Cilium. Prior to version 0.13.2,`cilium-cli`, when used to configure cluster mesh functionality, can remove the enforcement of user permissions on the `etcd` store used to mirror local cluster information to remote clusters. Users who have set up cluster meshes using the Cilium Helm chart are not affected by this issue. Due to an incorrect mount point specification, the settings specified by the `initContainer` that configures `etcd` users and their permissions are overwritten when using `cilium-cli` to configure a cluster mesh. An attacker who has already gained access to a valid key and certificate for an `etcd` cluster compromised in this manner could then modify state in that `etcd` cluster. This issue is patched in `cilium-cli` 0.13.2. As a workaround, one may use Cilium's Helm charts to create their cluster.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 22, 2023 CVE published
February 25, 2025 Record updated

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