Privilege Escalation Affecting github.com/kubernetes/kube-proxy package, versions >1.18.0 <1.18.4>1.17.0 <1.17.7<1.16.11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMKUBERNETESKUBEPROXY-575534
  • published9 Jul 2020
  • disclosed8 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-8558  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/kubernetes/kube-proxy to version 1.18.4, 1.17.7, 1.16.11 or higher.

Overview

github.com/kubernetes/kube-proxy is a Package app does all of the work necessary to configure and run a Kubernetes app process.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. A flaw was found in Kubernetes that allows attackers on adjacent networks to reach services exposed on localhost ports, previously thought to be unreachable. This flaw allows an attacker to gain privileges or access confidential information for any services listening on localhost ports that are not protected by authentication.

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