CVE-2025-5187
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/08/2025
Last modified:
29/08/2025
Description
A vulnerability exists in the NodeRestriction admission controller in Kubernetes clusters where node users can delete their corresponding node object by patching themselves with an OwnerReference to a cluster-scoped resource. If the OwnerReference resource does not exist or is subsequently deleted, the given node object will be deleted via garbage collection.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.70
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM



