Network restriction bypass via race condition during namespace termination
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a malicious or compromised pod could bypass network restrictions enforced by network policies during namespace deletion. The order in which objects are deleted during namespace termination is not defined, and it is possible for network policies to be deleted before the pods that they protect. This can lead to a brief period in which the pods are running, but network policies that should apply to connections to and from the pods are not enforced.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2024-7598
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 20:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Network restriction bypass via race condition during namespace termination
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 20 Mar 2025, 16:52 UTC
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a malicious or compromised pod could bypass network restrictions enforced by network policies during namespace deletion. The order in which objects are deleted during namespace termination is not defined, and it is possible for network policies to be deleted before the pods that they protect. This can lead to a brief period in which the pods are running, but network policies that should apply to connections to and from the pods are not enforced.
osv:CVE-2024-7598
Complete source record
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