{"cve":"CVE-2024-9594","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-15T21:15:11.790","modified":"2026-06-17T08:24:53.340","status":"Analyzed","description":"A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Image Builder versions <= v0.1.37 where default credentials are enabled during the image build process when using the Nutanix, OVA, QEMU or raw providers. The credentials can be used to gain root access. The credentials are disabled at the conclusion of the image build process. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if their nodes use VM images created via the Image Builder project. Because these images were vulnerable during the image build process, they are affected only if an attacker was able to reach the VM where the image build was happening and used the vulnerability to modify the image at the time the image build was occurring.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.1},"cwes":["CWE-798"],"references":["https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/pull/1596","https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/128007","https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/UKJG-oZogfA/m/Lu1hcnHmAQAJ"],"products":["kubernetes-sigs:image_builder"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:55:31.737901711+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-9594","score":0.01728,"percentile":0.77579,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-8jpg-62jc-hwhr","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8jpg-62jc-hwhr","summary":"VM images built with Image Builder with some providers use default credentials during builds in github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder","modified":"2024-11-08T22:16:25Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder","ranges":["<0.1.38"],"fixed":["0.1.38"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-3204","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-3204","summary":"VM images built with Image Builder with some providers use default credentials during builds in github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder","modified":"2026-03-03T04:55:54.891222Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder","ranges":["<0.1.38"],"fixed":["0.1.38"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}