CVE-2020-8559
Published: 22 July 2020
The Kubernetes kube-apiserver in versions v1.6-v1.15, and versions prior to v1.16.13, v1.17.9 and v1.18.6 are vulnerable to an unvalidated redirect on proxied upgrade requests that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges from a node compromise to a full cluster compromise.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| leosilva | kubernates is in fact a kubernetes installer that calls snap, not the package it self. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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kubernetes Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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| focal |
Needs triage
|
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| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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| impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| mantic |
Needs triage
|
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| trusty |
Does not exist
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Does not exist
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |