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CVE-2020-8554

MEDIUM
6.3CVSS
Published: 2021-01-21
Updated: 2024-11-21
AI Analysis

Description

Kubernetes API server in all versions allow an attacker who is able to create a ClusterIP service and set the spec.externalIPs field, to intercept traffic to that IP address. Additionally, an attacker who is able to patch the status (which is considered a privileged operation and should not typically be granted to users) of a LoadBalancer service can set the status.loadBalancer.ingress.ip to similar effect.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
low
Integrity
low
Availability
low
Weaknesses
CWE-283NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor
KUBERNETES
Published
1/21/2021
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

kubernetes : kubernetesoracle : communications_cloud_native_core_network_slice_selection_functionoracle : communications_cloud_native_core_policyoracle : communications_cloud_native_core_service_communication_proxy

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