CVE-2018-18264
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 70.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 70.37% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- kubernetes/dashboard
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 56.1% on 21 September 2026 to 70.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
- https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
- https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.