CVE-2022-23551
5.3 · MEDIUMOverview
CVE-2022-23551 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting microsoft azure_ad_pod_identity. It was published on December 21, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
Technical Description
aad-pod-identity assigns Azure Active Directory identities to Kubernetes applications and has now been deprecated as of 24 October 2022. The NMI component in AAD Pod Identity intercepts and validates token requests based on regex. In this case, a token request made with backslash in the request (example: `/metadata/identity\oauth2\token/`) would bypass the NMI validation and be sent to IMDS allowing a pod in the cluster to access identities that it shouldn't have access to. This issue has been fixed and has been included in AAD Pod Identity release version 1.8.13. If using the AKS pod-managed identities add-on, no action is required. The clusters should now be running the version 1.8.13 release.
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from microsoft. Update azure_ad_pod_identity to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | azure_ad_pod_identity | >= 0, < 1.8.13 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2022-23551?
CVE-2022-23551 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting microsoft azure_ad_pod_identity. It was published on December 21, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2022-23551?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2022-23551?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from microsoft. Update azure_ad_pod_identity to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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