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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-8559

The Kubernetes kube-apiserver in versions v1.6-v1.15, and versions prior to v1.16.13, v1.17.9 and v1.18.6 are vulnerable to an unvalidated redirect on proxied upgrade requests that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges from a node compromise to…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 6.10%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The Kubernetes kube-apiserver in versions v1.6-v1.15, and versions prior to v1.16.13, v1.17.9 and v1.18.6 are vulnerable to an unvalidated redirect on proxied upgrade requests that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges from a node compromise to a full cluster compromise.

CVSS 3.1
6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
6.10% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-601
Affected
kubernetes/kubernetes
Source
jordan@liggitt.net

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.