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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2023-37917 json

Privilege Escalation in kubepi

published 2023-07-21 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-757p-vx43-fp9r , GO-2023-1956 , EUVD-2023-1986

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

KubePi is an opensource kubernetes management panel. A normal user has permission to create/update users, they can become admin by editing the `isadmin` value in the request. As a result any user may take administrative control of KubePi. This issue has been addressed in version 1.6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/KubeOperator/kubepi 1.6.5
  • fit2cloud kubepi 1.6.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/1Panel-dev/KubePi/security/advisories/GHSA-757p-vx43-fp9r referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/KubeOperator/kubepi
<1.6.5
1.6.5

Affected products

  • 1Panel-dev KubePi
  • fit2cloud kubepi

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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