title: Bypass of seccomp profile enforcement
description: A security issue was discovered in Kubelet that allows pods to bypass the seccomp profile enforcement. Pods that use localhost type for seccomp profile but specify an empty profile field, are affected by this issue. In this scenario, this vulnerability allows the pod to run in unconfined (seccomp disabled) mode. This bug affects Kubelet.
problem types: CWE-1287 Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
affected:
{
vendor: Kubernetes
product: Kubernetes
repo: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/
versions:
status: affected, version: 0, lessThan: v1.24.14, versionType: kubelet v1.24
status: affected, version: v1.25.0, lessThan: v1.25.9, versionType: kubelet v1.25
status: affected, version: v1.26.0, lessThan: v1.26.4, versionType: kubelet v1.26
status: affected, version: v1.27.0, lessThan: v1.27.1, versionType: kubelet v1.27
defaultStatus: unaffected
}
metrics:
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
attackVector: LOCAL
attackComplexity: LOW
privilegesRequired: HIGH
userInteraction: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
confidentialityImpact: LOW
integrityImpact: LOW
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseSeverity: LOW
baseScore: 3.4
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
]
solutions: To mitigate these vulnerabilities, upgrade Kubelet:  https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-upgrade/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-upgrade/