CNCF K3s Kubernetes kubelet configuration exposes credentials in github.com/k3s-io/k3s
CNCF K3s Kubernetes kubelet configuration exposes credentials in github.com/k3s-io/k3s. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/k3s-io/k3s from v1.32.0-rc1 before v1.32.4-rc1.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
240 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
CNCF K3s Kubernetes kubelet configuration exposes credentials in github.com/k3s-io/k3s. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/k3s-io/k3s from v1.32.0-rc1 before v1.32.4-rc1.
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.
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/disable-kubelet-readonly-port
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-864f-7xjm-2jp2
- 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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46599
- https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3646
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/46xxx/CVE-2025-46599.json