VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2025-46599
For example, the default behavior of a K3s online installation might allow unauthenticated access to this port, exposing credentials.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
CNCF K3s 1.32 before 1.32.4-rc1+k3s1 has a Kubernetes kubelet configuration change with the unintended consequence that, in some situations, ReadOnlyPort is set to 10255. For example, the default behavior of a K3s online installation might allow unauthenticated access to this port, exposing credentials.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/disable-kubelet-readonly-port
- https://github.com/f1veT/BUG/issues/2
- https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/commit/097b63e588e3c844cdf9b967bcd0a69f4fc0aa0a
- https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/compare/v1.32.3+k3s1...v1.32.4-rc1+k3s1
- https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/issues/12164
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.