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CVE-2026-50563: Fission: Malicious Container Image Deployment via PodSpec Injection
CVE-2026-50563
GHSA-v455-mv2v-5g92
Summary
Fission, a Kubernetes-based serverless framework, had a security issue where a user could deploy malicious code. This was fixed in version 1.24.0. If you use Fission, update to the latest version to ensure your security.
What to do
- Update github.com fission to version 1.24.0.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com | fission |
<= 1.23.0 Fix: upgrade to 1.24.0
|
Original title
Fission Container Executor Function PodSpec Injection Leading to Node Escape
Original description
### Summary
Fission's Container Executor path lets a tenant supply `Function.spec.podspec` directly; the executor merges it into the executor-built podspec and creates a Deployment whose pods run the user's container image.
### Details
Two flaws compounded:
1. `pkg/apis/core/v1/validation.go::FunctionSpec.Validate` only checked that `spec.PodSpec != nil` when `executorType: container`; it did not inspect the content of `spec.PodSpec`.
2. `pkg/executor/util/merge.go::MergePodSpec` unconditionally forwarded `hostPID`, `hostNetwork`, `hostIPC`, hostPath volumes, `serviceAccountName`, and container `privileged` into the Deployment spec via the container-executor sink
(`pkg/executor/executortype/container/deployment.go::getDeploymentSpec`).
A tenant with only `functions.fission.io/create` could deploy a Function with a crafted podspec that mounted the host root filesystem and shared host namespaces. The executor — running under its high-privilege SA, which holds
`deployments/create` on the function namespace — created that Deployment on the tenant's behalf, turning Function-create into effective `deployments/create` with arbitrary pod-security configuration.
This is the Function-CRD sibling of GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7 / GHSA-wmgg-3p4h-48x7, with a **lower** attack threshold: regular function developers typically hold `functions/create` but not `environments/create`.
### Impact
A tenant with only `functions.fission.io/create` is escalated to node escape via a privileged, host-namespace pod scheduled by the executor.
### Fix
Fixed in [#3391](https://github.com/fission/fission/pull/3391) and released in [v1.24.0](https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0).
- `FunctionSpec.Validate` now calls `ValidatePodSpecSafety("Function.spec.podspec", spec.PodSpec)` after the existing `spec.PodSpec == nil` check.
- The Function validating webhook is already registered on `verbs=create;update`, so it picks up the new validation with no marker change.
- The same merge-layer strip and per-container sanitize used for the Environment path applies here, since the container-executor sink calls `util.MergePodSpec`.
See GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7 for the detailed fix.
### Behavioural change
Functions whose `spec.podspec` sets host namespaces, hostPath volumes, container `privileged`/`allowPrivilegeEscalation`, dangerous Linux capabilities, or a `serviceAccountName` override are now rejected at admission. Legitimate
container-executor functions that set `image`, `command`, `args`, `env`, `resources`, `nodeSelector`, `tolerations`, `affinity`, non-hostPath `volumes`, or `volumeMounts` are unaffected.
Fission's Container Executor path lets a tenant supply `Function.spec.podspec` directly; the executor merges it into the executor-built podspec and creates a Deployment whose pods run the user's container image.
### Details
Two flaws compounded:
1. `pkg/apis/core/v1/validation.go::FunctionSpec.Validate` only checked that `spec.PodSpec != nil` when `executorType: container`; it did not inspect the content of `spec.PodSpec`.
2. `pkg/executor/util/merge.go::MergePodSpec` unconditionally forwarded `hostPID`, `hostNetwork`, `hostIPC`, hostPath volumes, `serviceAccountName`, and container `privileged` into the Deployment spec via the container-executor sink
(`pkg/executor/executortype/container/deployment.go::getDeploymentSpec`).
A tenant with only `functions.fission.io/create` could deploy a Function with a crafted podspec that mounted the host root filesystem and shared host namespaces. The executor — running under its high-privilege SA, which holds
`deployments/create` on the function namespace — created that Deployment on the tenant's behalf, turning Function-create into effective `deployments/create` with arbitrary pod-security configuration.
This is the Function-CRD sibling of GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7 / GHSA-wmgg-3p4h-48x7, with a **lower** attack threshold: regular function developers typically hold `functions/create` but not `environments/create`.
### Impact
A tenant with only `functions.fission.io/create` is escalated to node escape via a privileged, host-namespace pod scheduled by the executor.
### Fix
Fixed in [#3391](https://github.com/fission/fission/pull/3391) and released in [v1.24.0](https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0).
- `FunctionSpec.Validate` now calls `ValidatePodSpecSafety("Function.spec.podspec", spec.PodSpec)` after the existing `spec.PodSpec == nil` check.
- The Function validating webhook is already registered on `verbs=create;update`, so it picks up the new validation with no marker change.
- The same merge-layer strip and per-container sanitize used for the Environment path applies here, since the container-executor sink calls `util.MergePodSpec`.
See GHSA-gx55-f84r-v3r7 for the detailed fix.
### Behavioural change
Functions whose `spec.podspec` sets host namespaces, hostPath volumes, container `privileged`/`allowPrivilegeEscalation`, dangerous Linux capabilities, or a `serviceAccountName` override are now rejected at admission. Legitimate
container-executor functions that set `image`, `command`, `args`, `env`, `resources`, `nodeSelector`, `tolerations`, `affinity`, non-hostPath `volumes`, or `volumeMounts` are unaffected.
nvd CVSS3.1
9.9
Vulnerability type
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
CWE-284
Improper Access Control
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50563
- https://github.com/fission/fission/commit/e484df8460bb4e8026e24210120602aa7f181f...
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v455-mv2v-5g92
- https://github.com/fission/fission/pull/3391
- https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0
- https://github.com/fission/fission/security/advisories/GHSA-v455-mv2v-5g92
Published: 30 Jun 2026 · Updated: 20 Jul 2026 · First seen: 10 Jun 2026