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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-62182 EUVD-2026-84032GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3GO-2026-6573

KubeEdge: ConfigUpdateJob updateFields enables remote shell injection and code execution on edge nodes

Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Vendor: kubeedge Product: kubeedge Package: github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge Ecosystem: Go

Description

KubeEdge is an open source system for extending native containerized application orchestration capabilities to hosts at Edge. From 1.21.0 until 1.21.2, 1.22.2, and 1.23.1, ConfigUpdateJob processing in edge/pkg/taskmanager/actions/configupdatejob.go concatenates authenticated user-controlled updateFields values into the keadm config-update command and executes it through a system shell. A user with permission to create or modify ConfigUpdateJob resources can include shell metacharacters in the complete --set value and cause arbitrary commands to execute on an enrolled target edge node with the privileges of the KubeEdge process handling the job. This issue is fixed in versions 1.21.2, 1.22.2, and 1.23.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
kubeedge kubeedge >= 1.21.0, < 1.21.2, >= 1.22.0, < 1.22.2, >= 1.23.0, < 1.23.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge >= 1.21.0, < 1.21.2 1.21.2 GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3
Go github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge >= 1.22.0, < 1.22.2 1.22.2 GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3
Go github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge >= 1.23.0, < 1.23.1 1.23.1 GHSA-m3c6-2p7h-cfr3
Go github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge >= 1.21.0, < 1.21.2 · >= 1.22.0, < 1.22.2 · >= 1.23.0, < 1.23.1 1.21.2, 1.22.2, 1.23.1 GO-2026-6573

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