CVE-2020-8558 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-8558: Kubernetes node setting allows for neighboring hosts to bypass localhost boundary

Vendor Kubernetes
Product Kubernetes
Weakness CWE-420
Published July 27, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

5.4/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Kubelet and kube-proxy components in versions 1.1.0-1.16.10, 1.17.0-1.17.6, and 1.18.0-1.18.3 were found to contain a security issue which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. Such a service is generally thought to be reachable only by other processes on the same host, but due to this defeect, could be reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 27, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated