Nodes can delete themselves by adding an OwnerReference
A vulnerability exists in the NodeRestriction admission controller in Kubernetes clusters where node users can delete their corresponding node object by patching themselves with an OwnerReference to a cluster-scoped resource. If the OwnerReference resource does not exist or is subsequently deleted, the given node objec…
Severity medium: primary CNA CVSS 6.7 v3.1 (worst CNA-provided scenario) Not listed in this KEV snapshot. Forecast present in this snapshot.
Published 2025-08-27T16:20:56.778Z. Updated 2026-02-26T17:47:59.242Z.