Hwameistor Potential Permission Leakage of Cluster LevelGHSA-mgwr-h7mv-fh29
LOWFix: hwameistor/hwameistor@edf4cebGHSA-mgwr-h7mv-fh29 is a low-severity (CVSS 2.3) Information Exposure vulnerability in github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor. A fix is available for github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-mgwr-h7mv-fh29.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
github.com/hwameistor/hwameistorReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted? This ClusterRole has * verbs of * resources. If a malicious user can access the worker node which has hwameistor's deployment, he/she can abuse these excessive permissions to do whatever he/she likes to the whole cluster, resulting in a cluster-level privilege escalation.
Patches
Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?
= v0.14.6
Workarounds
Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading? Update and Limit the ClusterRole using security-role.
References
Are there any links users can visit to find out more? issues: https://github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor/issues/1457 https://github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor/issues/1460
also reported by users via mails: sparkEchooo, younaman
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor | all versions | 0.14.6go get github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor@v0.14.6 |
Affected Products
hwameistorhwameistorDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor to 0.14.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-mgwr-h7mv-fh29 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Close the privilege gap rather than the entry point: audit which accounts, roles and service identities can reach the affected operation, drop the component to the least privilege it actually needs, and review file and directory permissions created by earlier installs — a default left in place is what makes this reachable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-mgwr-h7mv-fh29 in your dependencies?
Find it across Go, including transitive dependencies.