CVE-2022-24817 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Flux2 (versions 0.1.0 to 0.29.0), helm-controller (0.1.0 to v0.19.0), and kustomize-controller (0.1.0 to v0.23.0). This flaw allows attackers to inject malicious code via a specially crafted Kubeconfig, potentially leading to privilege escalation in multi-tenancy deployments if the controller's service account has elevated permissions. With a CVSS score of 9.9 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, enabling high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.1.0, < 0.29.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:flux2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.2.0, < 0.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:helm-controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.1.0, < 0.23.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:kustomize-controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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