How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
- Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
- Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Weakness class
CVE-2023-29018 is classified as CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. Privileges are assigned, dropped or restored incorrectly, leaving an actor with more access than intended.
Affected software
CVE-2023-29018 is recorded against 2 packages.
- github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator
- openfeature (fixed in 0.2.32)
Timeline and source
Published on 20 August 2024 and last revised on 3 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
Other advisories for this package
github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management) in other software:
