CVE-2020-35514

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-35514
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-02 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-11 16:42:00 UTC
DescriptionAn insecure modification flaw in the /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig file was found in OpenShift. This flaw allows an attacker with access to a running container which mounts /etc/kubernetes or has local access to the node, to copy this kubeconfig file and attempt to add their own node to the OpenShift cluster. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. This flaw affects versions before openshift4/ose-machine-config-operator v4.7.0-202105111858.p0.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-266

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Openshift All All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 4.7.0 - All All

References

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1914714 – (CVE-2020-35514) CVE-2020-35514 openshift/machine-config-operator: /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig is given incorrect privileges MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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