CVE-2020-14306
This flaw allows an attacker with a basic level of access to the cluster to deploy a custom gateway/pod to any namespace, potentially gaining access to privileged service account tokens.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An incorrect access control flaw was found in the operator, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator all versions through 1.1.3. This flaw allows an attacker with a basic level of access to the cluster to deploy a custom gateway/pod to any namespace, potentially gaining access to privileged service account tokens. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.30% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- istio-operator project/istio-operator
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1850380Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/maistra/istio-operator/pull/462Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1850380Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/maistra/istio-operator/pull/462Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.