# CVE-2025-46599: GO-2025-3646 - CNCF K3s Kubernetes kubelet configuration exposes credentials in github.com/k3s-io/k3s

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-46599-cncf-k3s-kubernetes-kubelet-configuration-exposes-credentials  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-05-05  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-46599 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-05-05

CNCF K3s Kubernetes kubelet configuration exposes credentials in github.com/k3s-io/k3s

Technologies: [github.com/k3s-io/k3s (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-k3s-io-k3s). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-46599 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-46599 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-46599?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 May 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/k3s-io/k3s (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=1.32.0-rc1,fixed=1.32.4-rc1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-46599?** Yes. github.com/k3s-io/k3s (Go): upgrade to 1.32.4-rc1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-46599?** Check whether you run github.com/k3s-io/k3s (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/k3s-io/k3s (Go): upgrade to 1.32.4-rc1 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/k3s-io/k3s@v1.32.4-rc1
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/k3s-io/k3s (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=1.32.0-rc1,fixed=1.32.4-rc1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-46599
- GHSA-864f-7xjm-2jp2
- GO-2025-3646

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