{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-2843","assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"redhat","dateReserved":"2025-03-27T03:15:47.915Z","datePublished":"2025-11-12T16:36:04.735Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-21T16:03:43.822Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Observability-operator: observability operator privilege escalation","metrics":[{"other":{"content":{"value":"Important","namespace":"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/"},"type":"Red Hat severity rating"}},{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"format":"CVSS"}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"A flaw was found in the Observability Operator. The Operator creates a ServiceAccount with *ClusterRole* upon deployment of the *Namespace-Scoped* Custom Resource MonitorStack. This issue allows an adversarial Kubernetes Account with only namespaced-level roles, for example, a tenant controlling a namespace, to create a MonitorStack in the authorized namespace and then elevate permission to the cluster level by impersonating the ServiceAccount created by the Operator, resulting in privilege escalation and other issues."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"rhobs","product":"observability-operator","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"0","lessThan":"1.3.0","versionType":"semver"}],"packageName":"observability-operator","collectionURL":"https://github.com/rhobs/observability-operator","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Cluster Observability Operator 1.3.1","collectionURL":"https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/","packageName":"cluster-observability-operator/cluster-observability-rhel9-operator","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"1.3.0-1762825457","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}],"cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:cluster_observability_operator:1.3::el9"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21146","name":"RHSA-2025:21146","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2843","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355222","name":"RHBZ#2355222","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"]}],"datePublic":"2025-06-12T20:04:24.128Z","problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-266","description":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"x_redhatCweChain":"CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment","workarounds":[{"lang":"en","value":"Currently, no mitigation is available for this vulnerability."}],"timeline":[{"lang":"en","time":"2025-03-27T03:06:51.382Z","value":"Reported to Red Hat."},{"lang":"en","time":"2025-06-12T20:04:24.128Z","value":"Made public."}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","value":"Red Hat would like to thank Andong Chen (Lab for Internet and Security Technology) and Zhaoxuan Isaac Jin (Lab for Internet and Security Technology) for reporting this issue."}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","shortName":"redhat","dateUpdated":"2026-09-21T16:03:43.822Z"},"x_generator":{"engine":"cvelib 1.8.0"}},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2025-11-12T20:47:54.311119Z","id":"CVE-2025-2843","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2025-11-12T21:05:01.616Z"}}]}}