CVE-2021-25740

Summary

CVECVE-2021-25740
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-20 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-06 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionA security issue was discovered with Kubernetes that could enable users to send network traffic to locations they would otherwise not have access to via a confused deputy attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-610

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Security Advisory] CVE-2021-25740: Endpoint & EndpointSlice permissions allow cross-Namespace forwarding MLIST groups.google.com
CVE-2021-25740: Endpoint & EndpointSlice permissions allow cross-Namespace forwarding · Issue #103675 · kubernetes/kubernetes · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
CVE-2021-25740 Kubernetes Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
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: Rob Scott

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180887 Debian Security Update for kubernetes (CVE-2021-25740)
  • 980584 Go (go) Security Update for k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-vw47-mr44-3jf9)
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