CVE-2023-37900

Crossplane vulnerable to denial of service from large image

LOW
2.7
CVSS Score
Published: July 27, 2023 at 03:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:08 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCrossplaneCrossplane

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Severity
LOW2.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. In versions prior to 1.11.5, 1.12.3, and 1.13.0, a high-privileged user could create a Package referencing an arbitrarily large image containing that Crossplane would then parse, possibly resulting in exhausting all the available memory and therefore in the container being OOMKilled. The impact is limited due to the high privileges required to be able to create the Package and the eventually consistency nature of controller. This issue is fixed in versions 1.11.5, 1.12.3, and 1.13.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.11.51.12.0 ≤ v < 1.12.3
Affected range stops below 1.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.12.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.11.5v < 1.12.3
Affected range stops below 1.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.12.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-770

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