Intel

AIKIDO-2026-10151

github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes-operator/v2 is vulnerable to Race Condition

Race Condition Pre-CVE
Found by Aikido Intel before public disclosure or CVE publication.
Published Feb 10, 2026

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Medium Risk

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TL;DR

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to race-condition-driven finalizer handling issues where client-side updates to Kubernetes Update objects can conflict on resourceVersion, causing finalizers to remain orphaned and deletion to hang indefinitely. An attacker (or misbehaving controller) could exploit this by triggering rapid, concurrent Update and Delete operations, e.g., forcing TTL expirations or bulk deletes, so that finalizers are never removed, leading to persistent orphaned resources and a denial-of-service condition via resource exhaustion or stuck reconciliation loops.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes-operator/v2 is vulnerable to Race Condition in versions 2.0.0 - 2.4.0.

How to fix this

Upgrade the github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes-operator/v2 library to the patch version.