CVE-2023-33190

CRITICAL

Sealos <4.2.1-rc4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Sealos is an open source cloud operating system distribution based on the Kubernetes kernel. In versions of Sealos prior to 4.2.1-rc4 an improper configuration of role based access control (RBAC) permissions resulted in an attacker being able to obtain cluster control permissions, which could control the entire cluster deployed with Sealos, as well as hundreds of pods and other resources within the cluster. This issue has been addressed in version 4.2.1-rc4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.9
EPSS 0.0059
EPSS Percentile 43.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-287 CWE-863
Status published
Products (3)
labring/sealos 0 - 4.2.1-rc4Go
sealos_project/sealos 4.2.1 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
sealos_project/sealos < 4.2.1
Published Jun 29, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026