CVE-2020-8565 (GCVE-0-2020-8565)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-07 22:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:05
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Title
Incomplete fix for CVE-2019-11250 allows for token leak in logs when logLevel >= 9
Summary
In Kubernetes, if the logging level is set to at least 9, authorization and bearer tokens will be written to log files. This can occur both in API server logs and client tool output like kubectl. This affects <= v1.19.3, <= v1.18.10, <= v1.17.13, < v1.20.0-alpha2.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-532 - Information Exposure Through Log Files
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes Kubernetes Affected: <= 1.19.3
Affected: <= 1.18.10
Affected: <= 1.17.13
Affected: < 1.20.0-alpha2
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Date Public
2020-10-15 00:00
Credits
Patrick Rhomberg (purelyapplied)
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