CVE-2020-8553
Kubernetes ingress-nginx Compromise of auth via subset/superset namespace names
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.9 Medium
- Published
- Jul 29, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 3, 2020
Description
The Kubernetes ingress-nginx component prior to version 0.28.0 allows a user with the ability to create namespaces and to read and create ingress objects to overwrite the password file of another ingress which uses nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-type: basic and which has a hyphenated namespace or secret name.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.9 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | kubernetes |
Weaknesses
- CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ingress-nginxKubernetes |
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References
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