{"id":"CVE-2024-9486","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-9486","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:55:23.281Z","title":"A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Image Builder versions <= v0.1.37 where default credentials are enabled during the image build process.","description":"A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Image Builder versions <= v0.1.37 where default credentials are enabled during the image build process. Virtual machine images built using the Proxmox provider do not disable these default credentials, and nodes using the resulting images may be accessible via these default credentials. The credentials can be used to gain root access. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if their nodes use VM images created via the Image Builder project with its Proxmox provider.","published":"2024-10-15T21:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:24:40.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"jordan@liggitt.net","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-798"],"affected":["kubernetes-sigs/image builder"],"epss":{"score":0.02208,"percentile":0.82462,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/pull/1595","tags":["Patch"],"source":"jordan@liggitt.net"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/128006","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"jordan@liggitt.net"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/UKJG-oZogfA/m/Lu1hcnHmAQAJ","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"jordan@liggitt.net"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9486","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."}