CVE-2026-53999
What it is
Radius is a cloud-native, portable application platform that makes app development easier for teams building cloud-native apps. Prior to 0.58.0, the Kubernetes controller deserializes the user-controlled radapp.io/status annotation on a Deployment and uses its container resource identifier for deletion without confirming ownership by that Deployment. An attacker with permission to modify Deployment annotations and knowledge of a target Radius resource ID can forge radapp.io/status and set radapp.io/enabled to false, causing reconciliation to enter the privileged deletion path for another tenant's Radius-managed container resource. In a multi-tenant installation this confused-deputy condition can delete another team's recoverable container resource and disrupt service; in a single-tenant installation the impact is limited to self denial of service. The multi-tenant Radius controller reads the annotations in pkg/controller/reconciler/annotations.go and reaches the privileged delete in pkg/controller/reconciler/deployment_reconciler.go. The issue does not disclose data, grant privileges, or provide persistence. This issue is fixed in version 0.58.0.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.7 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-20 · Improper input validation
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.7
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/commit/c4174fc205b838d5eab4f64b4909001ab08c0587
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/11967
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/releases/tag/v0.58.0
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/security/advisories/GHSA-fp5j-4fj2-4jvq
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/security/advisories/GHSA-fp5j-4fj2-4jvq
References
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/commit/c4174fc205b838d5eab4f64b4909001ab08c0587
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/pull/11967
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/releases/tag/v0.58.0
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/security/advisories/GHSA-fp5j-4fj2-4jvq
- https://github.com/radius-project/radius/security/advisories/GHSA-fp5j-4fj2-4jvq