CVE-2025-46599 (GCVE-0-2025-46599)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-25 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-25 14:28
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Summary
CNCF K3s 1.32 before 1.32.4-rc1+k3s1 has a Kubernetes kubelet configuration change with the unintended consequence that, in some situations, ReadOnlyPort is set to 10255. For example, the default behavior of a K3s online installation might allow unauthenticated access to this port, exposing credentials.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-1188 - Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
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K3s K3s Affected: 1.32 , < 1.32.4-rc1+k3s (custom)
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