CVE-2020-35514 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Redhat Openshift

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Redhat OpenshiftOpenshift Machine-config-operator
Timeline
PublishedJun 2

Description

An 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 v4.7.0-202…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5openshift/machine-config-operatorUnspecified
▶NVDredhat/openshift< 4.7.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
CVEList
CVE-2020-35514: An insecure modification flaw in the /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig file was found in OpenShift↗2021-06-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
openshift/machine-config-operator: /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig is given incorrect privileges↗2020-11-05
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