KubeOperator is vulnerable to unauthorized access to system API

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-22480",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "KubeOperator is vulnerable to unauthorized access to system API",
    "summary": "KubeOperator is an open source Kubernetes distribution focused on helping enterprises plan, deploy and operate production-level K8s clusters. In KubeOperator versions 3.16.3 and below, API interfaces with unauthorized entities and can leak sensitive information. This vulnerability could be used to take over the cluster under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 3.16.4.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-22480",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-jxgp-jgh3-8jc8"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/kubeoperator/kubeoperator",
              "type": "GIT",
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                  "fixed": "7ef42bf1c16900d13e6376f8be5ecdbfdfb44aaf"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v3.16.4"
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          "versions": [
            "v3.16.3",
            "v3.16.2",
            "v3.16.1",
            "v3.16.0",
            "v3.15.1",
            "v3.11.2",
            "v3.10.1",
            "v3.10.0",
            "v3.9.0",
            "v3.8.0",
            "v3.7.0",
            "v3.6.0",
            "v3.5.2",
            "v3.5.0",
            "v3.4.0",
            "v3.3.0",
            "v3.2.0",
            "v3.1.1",
            "v3.1.0",
            "v3.0.0",
            "v2.2.28",
            "v2.1.56",
            "2.1.42",
            "v1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-22480.json"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.465238313Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/releases/tag/v3.16.4",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/22xxx/CVE-2023-22480.json",
        "https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/security/advisories/GHSA-jxgp-jgh3-8jc8",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22480",
        "https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator/commit/7ef42bf1c16900d13e6376f8be5ecdbfdfb44aaf"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/22xxx/CVE-2023-22480.json"
      }
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        "value": "CVE-2023-22480",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492832,
  "published_at": "2023-01-14T00:03:19.245+00:00"
}