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Un atacante autenticado puede luego usar estos permisos elevados para crear cargas de trabajo privilegiadas que se ejecutan en nodos maestros, otorgándoles efectivamente acceso de root a todo el clúster."}],"affected":[{"source":"secalert@redhat.com","affectedData":[{"vendor":"redhat-developer","product":"gitops-operator","defaultStatus":"unaffected","collectionURL":"https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator","packageName":"gitops-operator","versions":[{"version":"0","lessThan":"1.16.2","versionType":"semver","status":"affected"}]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16","defaultStatus":"affected","collectionURL":"https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/","packageName":"openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.16::el8"],"versions":[{"version":"sha256:c41c99f360a2515bce55c42e309e2c72500ba66d3a2c461412dee7de5ea9a9fa","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17","defaultStatus":"affected","collectionURL":"https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/","packageName":"openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.17::el8"],"versions":[{"version":"sha256:27e7a59bb5c5f60be7509e5f4f07f4181d62e6583a943c46f56f568bfc30c2c1","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18","defaultStatus":"affected","collectionURL":"https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/","packageName":"openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.18::el8"],"versions":[{"version":"sha256:3eb6308c58365182b4b5b5aabf35754d821e25b8a04b0595900fb47d52cd3ecc","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18","defaultStatus":"affected","collectionURL":"https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/","packageName":"openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.18::el8"],"versions":[{"version":"sha256:43ba408b8ed58259bf338fd29260d936fbde9846f772d0580b3e7486ef8ea300","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat OpenShift GitOps","defaultStatus":"unaffected","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1"]}]}],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV31":[{"source":"secalert@redhat.com","type":"Secondary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":2.3,"impactScore":6.0}],"ssvcV203":[{"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","ssvcData":{"timestamp":"2025-12-15T15:48:48.698397Z","id":"CVE-2025-13888","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}]},"weaknesses":[{"source":"secalert@redhat.com","type":"Secondary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"CWE-266"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23203","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23206","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418361","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c868396a4c2dcef","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/releases/tag/v1.16.2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"}]}