🛡️ CVE-2020-8563 — kubernetes

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-532 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Sensitive Information leak via Log File in Kubernetes

In Kubernetes clusters using VSphere as a cloud provider, with a logging level set to 4 or above, VSphere cloud credentials will be leaked in the cloud controller manager's log. This affects < v1.19.3.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2020-8563 is classified as CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. Sensitive values are written to logs, which are typically kept longer and read more widely than the data warrants.

Affected software

CVE-2020-8563 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
  • k8s.io/kubernetes

Timeline and source

Published on 24 April 2024 and last revised on 5 June 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
groups.google.com (Web)
groups.google.com (Web)
security.netapp.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-532
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-04-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-06-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes — —
k8s.io/kubernetes — —

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