7.5

CVE-2023-32187: k3s

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesCGA-c2c9-9647-v443CGA-q7hh-rc95-2m4xGHSA-m4hf-6vgr-75r2
Published 18-09-2023Last modified 25-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-32187 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in k3s. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CGA-326M-8F4M-788PCGA-JWQ9-4GHJ-H3HH

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in SUSE k3s allows attackers with access to K3s servers' apiserver/supervisor port (TCP 6443) cause denial of service. This issue affects k3s: from v1.24.0 before v1.24.17+k3s1, from v1.25.0 before v1.25.13+k3s1, from v1.26.0 before v1.26.8+k3s1, from sev1.27.0 before v1.27.5+k3s1, from v1.28.0 before v1.28.1+k3s1.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.72% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard1 product
  • k3s< 1.27.5-r0
Github.com/k3s-io1 product
  • k3s< 1.24.17 | ≥ 1.25.0, < 1.25.13 | ≥ 1.26.0, < 1.26.8 | ≥ 1.27.0, < 1.27.5 | ≥ 1.28.0, < 1.28.1
K3s1 product
  • k3s≥ 1.24.0, < 1.24.17\+k3s1 | ≥ 1.25.0, < 1.25.13\+k3s1 | ≥ 1.26.0, < 1.26.8\+k3s1 | ≥ 1.27.0, < 1.27.5\+k3s1 | ≥ 1.28.0, < 1.28.1\+k3s1
Suse1 product
  • k3s≥ v1.24.0, < v1.24.17+k3s1 | ≥ v1.25.0, < v1.25.13+k3s1 | ≥ v1.26.0, < v1.26.8+k3s1 | ≥ sev1.27.0, < v1.27.5+k3s1 | ≥ v1.28.0, < v1.28.1+k3s1
Wolfi1 product
  • k3s< 1.27.5-r0

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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