The Kubernetes kube-controller-manager in versions v1.0-1.14, versions prior to v1.15.12, v1.16.9, v1.17.5, and version v1.18.0 are vulnerable to a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) that allows certain authorized users to leak up to 500 bytes of arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints within the master's host network (such as link-local or loopback services).
CVE-2020-8555
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.7%, top 11% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.3
- EG Score
- 6.3(medium)
- EPSS
- 88.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 5, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (12)
- jordan@liggitthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/01/4
- jordan@liggitthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/8
- jordan@liggitthttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/91542
- jordan@liggitthttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/kubernetes-security-announce/kEK27tqqs30/discussion
- jordan@liggitthttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/
- jordan@liggitthttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0005/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/01/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/8
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/91542
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/d/topic/kubernetes-security-announce/kEK27tqqs30/discussion
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0005/
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | openshift-0:4.2.36-202006211650.p0.git.0.1fe246f.el7 | 2020-07-01 | redhat |
| redhat | atomic-openshift-0:3.11.232-1.git.0.a5bc32f.el7 | 2020-06-18 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-0:4.3.25-202006060952.git.1.96c30f6.el8 | 2020-06-17 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/ose-hyperkube:v4.3.25-202006081335 | 2020-06-17 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-0:4.4.0-202006061254.git.1.dc84fb4.el8 | 2020-06-17 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/ose-hyperkube:v4.4.0-202006080610 | 2020-06-17 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| k8s.io/kubernetes | — | 1.18.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2440MODERATE2020-06-01
RHSA-2020:2440 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2441MODERATE2020-06-01
RHSA-2020:2441 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2448MODERATE2020-06-01
RHSA-2020:2448 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2449MODERATE2020-06-01
RHSA-2020:2449 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2479MODERATE2020-06-01
RHSA-2020:2479 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2594MODERATE2020-06-01
RHSA-2020:2594 — Moderate
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