CVE-2020-8563

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8563
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-07 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-29 19:31:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-532

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Security Advisory] Multiple secret leaks when verbose logging is enabled MLIST groups.google.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
December 2020 Kubernetes Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE-2020-8563: Secret leaks in kube-controller-manager when using vSphere provider · Issue #95621 · kubernetes/kubernetes · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Kaizhe Huang (derek0405)

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377851 Kubernetes kube-Controller-Manager Secret Leaks Vulnerability
  • 770042 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.8 Security and Packages Update (RHSA-2020:5260)
  • 900229 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kubernetes 1.18.17
  • 900230 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kubernetes-1.18.14 1.18.14
  • 900231 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kubernetes-1.18.17 1.18.17
  • 903276 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kubernetes (3652)
  • 903290 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kubernetes-1.18.17 (4276)
  • 903496 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kubernetes-1.18.14 (4274)
  • 903556 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kubernetes-1.18.19 (5469)
  • 903615 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kubernetes-1.18.17 (5465)

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