Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2023 · Assigned by suse
CVE-2023-32187
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity resource allocation without limits in k3s from SUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in SUSE k3s allows attackers with access to K3s servers' apiserver/supervisor port (TCP 6443) cause denial of service. This issue affects k3s: from v1.24.0 before v1.24.17+k3s1, from v1.25.0 before v1.25.13+k3s1, from v1.26.0 before v1.26.8+k3s1, from sev1.27.0 before v1.27.5+k3s1, from v1.28.0 before v1.28.1+k3s1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | k3s | 1.27.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32187 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | k3s | 1.27.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32187 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | k3s | 1.27.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32187 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | k3s | 1.27.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32187 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | k3s | 1.27.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32187 |
| Go | github.com/k3s-io/k3s | 1.24.17 | GHSA-m4hf-6vgr-75r2 |
| Go | github.com/k3s-io/k3s | 1.25.13 | GHSA-m4hf-6vgr-75r2 |
| Go | github.com/k3s-io/k3s | 1.26.8 | GHSA-m4hf-6vgr-75r2 |
| Go | github.com/k3s-io/k3s | 1.27.5 | GHSA-m4hf-6vgr-75r2 |
| Go | github.com/k3s-io/k3s | 1.28.1 | GHSA-m4hf-6vgr-75r2 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H