Low severity3.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2015-7561
CVE-2015-7561
Description
Kubernetes in OpenShift3 allows remote authenticated users to use the private images of other users should they know the name of said image.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
k8s.io/kubernetesGo | < 1.2.0-alpha.6 | 1.2.0-alpha.6 |
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
1e185b1028ac8Merge pull request #18909 from ncdc/force-image-pulls-admission
5 files changed · +202 −2
cmd/kube-apiserver/app/plugins.go+1 −0 modified@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import ( // Admission policies _ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/admit" + _ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/alwayspullimages" _ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/deny" _ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/exec" _ "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/pkg/admission/initialresources"
docs/admin/admission-controllers.md+11 −0 modified@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Documentation for other releases can be found at - [How do I turn on an admission control plug-in?](#how-do-i-turn-on-an-admission-control-plug-in) - [What does each plug-in do?](#what-does-each-plug-in-do) - [AlwaysAdmit](#alwaysadmit) + - [AlwaysPullImages](#alwayspullimages) - [AlwaysDeny](#alwaysdeny) - [DenyExecOnPrivileged (deprecated)](#denyexeconprivileged-deprecated) - [DenyEscalatingExec](#denyescalatingexec) @@ -91,6 +92,16 @@ ordered list of admission control choices to invoke prior to modifying objects i Use this plugin by itself to pass-through all requests. +### AlwaysPullImages + +This plug-in modifies every new Pod to force the image pull policy to Always. This is useful in a +multitenant cluster so that users can be assured that their private images can only be used by those +who have the credentials to pull them. Without this plug-in, once an image has been pulled to a +node, any pod from any user can use it simply by knowing the image's name (assuming the Pod is +scheduled onto the right node), without any authorization check against the image. When this plug-in +is enabled, images are always pulled prior to starting containers, which means valid credentials are +required. + ### AlwaysDeny Rejects all requests. Used for testing.
docs/admin/kube-apiserver.md+2 −2 modified@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ kube-apiserver ### Options ``` - --admission-control="AlwaysAdmit": Ordered list of plug-ins to do admission control of resources into cluster. Comma-delimited list of: AlwaysAdmit, AlwaysDeny, DenyEscalatingExec, DenyExecOnPrivileged, InitialResources, LimitRanger, NamespaceAutoProvision, NamespaceExists, NamespaceLifecycle, ResourceQuota, SecurityContextDeny, ServiceAccount + --admission-control="AlwaysAdmit": Ordered list of plug-ins to do admission control of resources into cluster. Comma-delimited list of: AlwaysAdmit, AlwaysDeny, AlwaysPullImages, DenyEscalatingExec, DenyExecOnPrivileged, InitialResources, LimitRanger, NamespaceAutoProvision, NamespaceExists, NamespaceLifecycle, ResourceQuota, SecurityContextDeny, ServiceAccount --admission-control-config-file="": File with admission control configuration. --advertise-address=<nil>: The IP address on which to advertise the apiserver to members of the cluster. This address must be reachable by the rest of the cluster. If blank, the --bind-address will be used. If --bind-address is unspecified, the host's default interface will be used. --allow-privileged[=false]: If true, allow privileged containers. @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ kube-apiserver --watch-cache[=true]: Enable watch caching in the apiserver ``` -###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 18-Dec-2015 +###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 22-Dec-2015 <!-- BEGIN MUNGE: GENERATED_ANALYTICS -->
plugin/pkg/admission/alwayspullimages/admission.go+70 −0 added@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +/* +Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved. + +Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); +you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. +You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + +Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software +distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, +WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. +See the License for the specific language governing permissions and +limitations under the License. +*/ + +// Package alwayspullimages contains an admission controller that modifies every new Pod to force +// the image pull policy to Always. This is useful in a multitenant cluster so that users can be +// assured that their private images can only be used by those who have the credentials to pull +// them. Without this admission controller, once an image has been pulled to a node, any pod from +// any user can use it simply by knowing the image's name (assuming the Pod is scheduled onto the +// right node), without any authorization check against the image. With this admission controller +// enabled, images are always pulled prior to starting containers, which means valid credentials are +// required. +package alwayspullimages + +import ( + "io" + + "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/admission" + "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api" + apierrors "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors" + client "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned" +) + +func init() { + admission.RegisterPlugin("AlwaysPullImages", func(client client.Interface, config io.Reader) (admission.Interface, error) { + return NewAlwaysPullImages(), nil + }) +} + +// alwaysPullImages is an implementation of admission.Interface. +// It looks at all new pods and overrides each container's image pull policy to Always. +type alwaysPullImages struct { + *admission.Handler +} + +func (a *alwaysPullImages) Admit(attributes admission.Attributes) (err error) { + // Ignore all calls to subresources or resources other than pods. + if len(attributes.GetSubresource()) != 0 || attributes.GetResource() != api.Resource("pods") { + return nil + } + pod, ok := attributes.GetObject().(*api.Pod) + if !ok { + return apierrors.NewBadRequest("Resource was marked with kind Pod but was unable to be converted") + } + + for i := range pod.Spec.Containers { + pod.Spec.Containers[i].ImagePullPolicy = api.PullAlways + } + + return nil +} + +// NewAlwaysPullImages creates a new always pull images admission control handler +func NewAlwaysPullImages() admission.Interface { + return &alwaysPullImages{ + Handler: admission.NewHandler(admission.Create, admission.Update), + } +}
plugin/pkg/admission/alwayspullimages/admission_test.go+118 −0 added@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +/* +Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved. + +Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); +you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. +You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + +Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software +distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, +WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. +See the License for the specific language governing permissions and +limitations under the License. +*/ + +package alwayspullimages + +import ( + "testing" + + "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/admission" + "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api" + "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime" +) + +// TestAdmission verifies all create requests for pods result in every container's image pull policy +// set to Always +func TestAdmission(t *testing.T) { + namespace := "test" + handler := &alwaysPullImages{} + pod := api.Pod{ + ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "123", Namespace: namespace}, + Spec: api.PodSpec{ + Containers: []api.Container{ + {Name: "ctr1", Image: "image"}, + {Name: "ctr2", Image: "image", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullNever}, + {Name: "ctr3", Image: "image", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullIfNotPresent}, + {Name: "ctr4", Image: "image", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullAlways}, + }, + }, + } + err := handler.Admit(admission.NewAttributesRecord(&pod, api.Kind("Pod"), pod.Namespace, pod.Name, api.Resource("pods"), "", admission.Create, nil)) + if err != nil { + t.Errorf("Unexpected error returned from admission handler") + } + for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers { + if c.ImagePullPolicy != api.PullAlways { + t.Errorf("Container %s: expected pull always, got %v", c.ImagePullPolicy) + } + } +} + +// TestOtherResources ensures that this admission controller is a no-op for other resources, +// subresources, and non-pods. +func TestOtherResources(t *testing.T) { + namespace := "testnamespace" + name := "testname" + pod := &api.Pod{ + ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: name, Namespace: namespace}, + Spec: api.PodSpec{ + Containers: []api.Container{ + {Name: "ctr2", Image: "image", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullNever}, + }, + }, + } + tests := []struct { + name string + kind string + resource string + subresource string + object runtime.Object + expectError bool + }{ + { + name: "non-pod resource", + kind: "Foo", + resource: "foos", + object: pod, + }, + { + name: "pod subresource", + kind: "Pod", + resource: "pods", + subresource: "exec", + object: pod, + }, + { + name: "non-pod object", + kind: "Pod", + resource: "pods", + object: &api.Service{}, + expectError: true, + }, + } + + for _, tc := range tests { + handler := &alwaysPullImages{} + + err := handler.Admit(admission.NewAttributesRecord(tc.object, api.Kind(tc.kind), namespace, name, api.Resource(tc.resource), tc.subresource, admission.Create, nil)) + + if tc.expectError { + if err == nil { + t.Errorf("%s: unexpected nil error", tc.name) + } + continue + } + + if err != nil { + t.Errorf("%s: unexpected error: %v", tc.name, err) + continue + } + + if e, a := api.PullNever, pod.Spec.Containers[0].ImagePullPolicy; e != a { + t.Errorf("%s: image pull policy was changed to %s", tc.name, a) + } + } +}
Vulnerability mechanics
Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-2h9c-34v6-3qmrghsaADVISORY
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/18909nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7561ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/e185b1028ac8459f7b451e1115399192e96f6ee9ghsaWEB
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