CVE-2020-8553
The Kubernetes ingress-nginx component prior to version 0.28.0 allows a user with the ability to create namespaces and to read and create ingress objects to overwrite the password file of another ingress which uses nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-type:…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Kubernetes ingress-nginx component prior to version 0.28.0 allows a user with the ability to create namespaces and to read and create ingress objects to overwrite the password file of another ingress which uses nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-type: basic and which has a hyphenated namespace or secret name.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.89% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-73, CWE-610
- Affected
- kubernetes/ingress-nginx
- Source
- jordan@liggitt.net
References
- https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/5126Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/5126Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.