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CVE-2024-58240VulnerabilityPublished

GCP-2025-062

Source GCP Kubernetes Security

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Not known to be exploited · fixed in 1.31.1000 : patch affected systems soon.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 22:57 UTC

Severity
High

Rated High by Threat Radar from the GCP Kubernetes Security text · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 27% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.31.1000

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    Public on cve.org; its publication date is not in this record

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Upgrade affected GKE node pools to the specified patched versions or later. For Ubuntu node pools, upgrade to at least 1.28.15-gke.2740000, 1.29.15-gke.1979000, 1.30.14-gke.1267000, or 1.31.13-gke.1040000. For Container-Optimized OS node pools, upgrade to at least 1.32.9-gke.1010000, 1.28.15-gke.2740000, 1.29.15-gke.1936000, 1.31.12-gke.1220000, or 1.30.14-gke.1267000. For GDC software on VMware, upgrade to version 1.31.1000-gke.44 or later. No action is required for GDC bare metal software as it is not affected.

Description

A Linux kernel vulnerability (CVE-2024-58240) affecting Container-Optimized OS nodes in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters can lead to privilege escalation. This impacts GKE Standard and Autopilot clusters but not those using GKE Sandbox. Patch versions have been released for Ubuntu node pools and Container-Optimized OS node pools across multiple GKE versions. GDC software for VMware is also affected and patched. GKE on AWS and Azure patch details are pending. Bare metal GDC software is not affected and requires no action.

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