CVE-2020-35514
HIGHOpenShift < 4.7.0 - Insecure Privilege Assignment via Kubeconfig File Access
Title source: llmDescription
An insecure modification flaw in the /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig file was found in OpenShift. This flaw allows an attacker with access to a running container which mounts /etc/kubernetes or has local access to the node, to copy this kubeconfig file and attempt to add their own node to the OpenShift cluster. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. This flaw affects versions before openshift4/ose-machine-config-operator v4.7.0-202105111858.p0.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914714
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
28.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-266
Status
published
Products (2)
redhat/openshift
4.7.0
redhat/openshift
< 4.7.0
Published
Jun 02, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026