CVE-2020-8564

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8564
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-07 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-29 19:30:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Kubernetes clusters using a logging level of at least 4, processing a malformed docker config file will result in the contents of the docker config file being leaked, which can include pull secrets or other registry credentials. This affects < v1.19.3, < v1.18.10, < v1.17.13.

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-2020-8564: Docker config secrets leaked when file is malformed and log level >= 4 · Issue #95622 · 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: Nikolaos Moraitis (Red Hat)

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 239607 Red Hat Update for OpenShift Container Platform 3.11.z (RHSA-2021:3193)
  • 377852 Kubernetes Docker Config Secrets Leaked Vulnerability
  • 770039 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.1 Package Security Update (RHSA-2020:4297)
  • 770076 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Security Update (RHSA-2021:0172)
  • 770116 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Security Update (RHSA-2021-0172)
  • 900232 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kubernetes 1.18.10
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