CVE-2020-8567 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-8567

Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver plugin directory traversals

Vulnerability Description

Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver Vault Plugin prior to v0.0.6, Azure Plugin prior to v0.0.10, and GCP Plugin prior to v0.2.0 allow an attacker who can create specially-crafted SecretProviderClass objects to write to arbitrary file paths on the host filesystem, including /var/lib/kubelet/pods.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Tommy Murphy of Google

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver
Vulnerable Versions:
Vault Plugin, Azure Plugin, GCP Plugin

Timeline

Official Publish: January 21st, 2021
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-24

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.