Vulnerability · Published Jul 10, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-53542Kubernetes Headlamp Allows Arbitrary Command Injection in macOS Process headlamp@codeSign

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in headlamp from kubernetes-sigs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Headlamp is an extensible Kubernetes web UI. A command injection vulnerability was discovered in the codeSign.js script used in the macOS packaging workflow of the Kubernetes Headlamp project. This issue arises due to the improper use of Node.js's execSync() function with unsanitized input derived from environment variables, which can be influenced by an attacker. The variables ${teamID}, ${entitlementsPath}, and ${config.app} are dynamically derived from the environment or application config and passed directly to the shell command without proper escaping or argument separation. This exposes the system to command injection if any of the values contain malicious input. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.31.1.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
kubernetes-sigs	headlamp	< 0.31.1

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-88 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/headlamp/security/advisories/GHSA-34rf-485x-g5h7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/headlamp/pull/3377 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/headlamp/commit/5bc0a9dd87acdf1e04be14619acde687eefa35fb x_refsource_MISC
https://advisory.zerodaysec.org/advisory/kubernetes-headlamp-code-signing x_refsource_MISC