{"id":"CVE-2023-22480","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-22480","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T23:49:53.814Z","title":"In KubeOperator versions 3.16.3 and below, API interfaces with unauthorized entities and can leak sensitive information.","description":"KubeOperator is an open source Kubernetes distribution focused on helping enterprises plan, deploy and operate production-level K8s clusters. In KubeOperator versions 3.16.3 and below, API interfaces with unauthorized entities and can leak sensitive information. This vulnerability could be used to take over the cluster under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 3.16.4.\n","published":"2023-01-14T01:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:35:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-285","CWE-863"],"affected":["fit2cloud/kubeoperator"],"epss":{"score":0.66768,"percentile":0.99291,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 66.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/commit/7ef42bf1c16900d13e6376f8be5ecdbfdfb44aaf","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/releases/tag/v3.16.4","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/security/advisories/GHSA-jxgp-jgh3-8jc8","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/commit/7ef42bf1c16900d13e6376f8be5ecdbfdfb44aaf","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/releases/tag/v3.16.4","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/security/advisories/GHSA-jxgp-jgh3-8jc8","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22480","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}