{"id":"CVE-2018-18264","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-18264","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:24:19.200Z","title":"Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.","description":"Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.","published":"2019-01-03T01:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:46:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-306"],"affected":["kubernetes/dashboard"],"epss":{"score":0.70372,"percentile":0.99383,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.56055,"percentile":0.99028},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.70372,"percentile":0.99356}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.70372,"from":0.56055,"percentile":0.99356},"summary":"EPSS moved from 56.1% to 70.4% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18264","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}