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CVE-2020-1701

A flaw was found in the KubeVirt main virt-handler versions before 0.26.0 regarding the access permissions of virt-handler. An attacker with access to create VMs could attach any secret within thei...

Published: May 27, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-732
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Permissions bypass in KubeVirt

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected Products

kubevirt.io/kubevirtGoOSS Libraries
virt-handlern/a
kubevirtkubevirt
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
kubevirtoss-projectCloud & SaaSaka containerized data importer, containerized-data-importer

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1701
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/issues/2967
github.com
https://github.com/kubevirt/containerized-data-importer/pull/1098
github.com
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Timeline

Published
May 27, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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