[Security Advisory] CVE-2024-5321: Incorrect permissions on Windows containers logs

[Craig Ingram]

Hello Kubernetes Community,

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes clusters with Windows nodes where BUILTIN\Users may be able to read container logs and NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users may be able to modify container logs.

This issue has been rated Medium (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N), and assigned CVE-2024-5321.

Am I vulnerable?

Any Kubernetes environment with Windows nodes is affected. Run kubectl get nodes -l kubernetes.io/os=windows to see if any Windows nodes are in use.

Affected Versions

- kubelet <= 1.27.15

- kubelet <= 1.28.11

- kubelet <= 1.29.6

- kubelet <= 1.30.2 

How do I mitigate this vulnerability?

This issue can be mitigated by applying the patch provided. The patch includes changes to pkg/util/filesystem that set file permissions on Windows and hardens the permissions for container logs for containers running on Windows.

Fixed Versions

- kubelet 1.27.16

- kubelet 1.28.12

- kubelet 1.29.7

- kubelet 1.30.3 

To upgrade, refer to the documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-upgrade/ 

Detection

Any Kubernetes environment with Windows nodes is affected. Run kubectl get nodes -l kubernetes.io/os=windows to see if any Windows nodes are in use.

If you find evidence that this vulnerability has been exploited, please contact secu...@kubernetes.io

Additional Details

See the GitHub issue for more details: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/126161

Acknowledgements

This vulnerability was reported by Paulo Gomes from SUSE.

The issue was fixed and coordinated by the fix team: 

Mark Rossetti @marosset 

James Sturtevant @jsturtevant 

Craig Ingram @cji 

Rita Zhang @ritazh

and release managers:

Sascha Grunert @saschagrunert

Jeremy Rickard @jeremyrickard

Thank You,

Craig Ingram on behalf of the Kubernetes Security Response Committee