CVE-2025-2843 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Observability Operator, where a Namespace-Scoped Custom Resource MonitorStack can be exploited. An attacker with namespace-level access can create a MonitorStack, allowing them to impersonate a ClusterRole-assigned ServiceAccount and gain cluster-level privileges. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Cluster Observability Operator 1.3.1 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Rhobs | Observability-Operator | >= 0, < 1.3.0CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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