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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2026-62182 json

KubeEdge: ConfigUpdateJob updateFields enables remote shell injection and code execution on edge nodes

published 2026-09-21 48 d ago modified 2026-10-01 38 d ago also EUVD-2026-84032 , GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3 , GO-2026-6573

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

KubeEdge is an open source system for extending native containerized application orchestration capabilities to hosts at Edge. From 1.21.0 until 1.21.2, 1.22.2, and 1.23.1, ConfigUpdateJob processing in edge/pkg/taskmanager/actions/configupdatejob.go concatenates authenticated user-controlled updateFields values into the keadm config-update command and executes it through a system shell. A user with permission to create or modify ConfigUpdateJob resources can include shell metacharacters in the complete --set value and cause arbitrary commands to execute on an enrolled target edge node with the privileges of the KubeEdge process handling the job. This issue is fixed in versions 1.21.2, 1.22.2, and 1.23.1.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge 1.21.2, 1.22.2, 1.23.1
  • linuxfoundation kubeedge 1.21.2, 1.22.2, 1.23.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
45 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

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

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge
>=1.21.0, <1.21.2
>=1.22.0, <1.22.2
>=1.23.0, <1.23.1
1.21.2
1.22.2
1.23.1

Affected products

  • kubeedge kubeedge

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

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