CVE-2018-18264

HIGH NUCLEI

Kubernetes Dashboard < 1.10.1 - Unauthenticated Secret Access via Service Account Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2018-18264 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.

Description

Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.

Nuclei Templates (1)

Kubernetes Dashboard <1.10.1 - Authentication Bypass
HIGHby edoardottt
Shodan: product:"Kubernetes" || product:"kubernetes"

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.7037
EPSS Percentile 99.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (1)
kubernetes/dashboard < 1.10.1
Published Jan 03, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026