{"id":"CVE-2025-5187","details":"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 object will be deleted via garbage collection.","aliases":["GHSA-4x4m-3c2p-qppc","GO-2025-3915"],"modified":"2026-03-12T02:16:43.201488Z","published":"2025-08-27T17:15:48.270Z","related":["CGA-27qc-3f8h-hx6p","SUSE-SU-2025:03289-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15566-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/znSNY7XCztE"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/133471"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-5187.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L"}]}