CVE-2021-43979
Styra Open Policy Agent (OPA) Gatekeeper Concurrency Access Control Inconsistency
Description
Styra Open Policy Agent (OPA) Gatekeeper through 3.7.0 mishandles concurrency, sometimes resulting in incorrect access control. The data replication mechanism allows policies to access the Kubernetes cluster state. During data replication, OPA/Gatekeeper does not wait for the replication to finish before processing a request, which might cause inconsistencies between the replicated resources in OPA/Gatekeeper and the resources actually present in the cluster. Inconsistency can later be reflected in a policy bypass. NOTE: the vendor disagrees that this is a vulnerability, because Kubernetes states are only eventually consistent
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 17, 2021, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 4, 2024, 4:16 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-43979.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/hkerma/opa-gatekeeper-concurrency-issue | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper/releases | Patch Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 04, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 17, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Tag MITRE disputed -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** Styra Open Policy Agent (OPA) Gatekeeper through 3.7.0 mishandles concurrency, sometimes resulting in incorrect access control. The data replication mechanism allows policies to access the Kubernetes cluster state. During data replication, OPA/Gatekeeper does not wait for the replication to finish before processing a request, which might cause inconsistencies between the replicated resources in OPA/Gatekeeper and the resources actually present in the cluster. Inconsistency can later be reflected in a policy bypass. NOTE: the vendor disagrees that this is a vulnerability, because Kubernetes states are only eventually consistent. Styra Open Policy Agent (OPA) Gatekeeper through 3.7.0 mishandles concurrency, sometimes resulting in incorrect access control. The data replication mechanism allows policies to access the Kubernetes cluster state. During data replication, OPA/Gatekeeper does not wait for the replication to finish before processing a request, which might cause inconsistencies between the replicated resources in OPA/Gatekeeper and the resources actually present in the cluster. Inconsistency can later be reflected in a policy bypass. NOTE: the vendor disagrees that this is a vulnerability, because Kubernetes states are only eventually consistent -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 12, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-755 CWE-670 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/hkerma/opa-gatekeeper-concurrency-issue No Types Assigned https://github.com/hkerma/opa-gatekeeper-concurrency-issue Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper/releases No Types Assigned https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper/releases Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-755 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openpolicyagent:gatekeeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.7.0
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0.09 }} 0.01%
score
0.39717
percentile