CVE-2020-8557

MEDIUM

Kubernetes <1.16.13, 1.17.9+, 1.18.6+ - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Kubernetes kubelet component in versions 1.1-1.16.12, 1.17.0-1.17.8 and 1.18.0-1.18.5 do not account for disk usage by a pod which writes to its own /etc/hosts file. The /etc/hosts file mounted in a pod by kubelet is not included by the kubelet eviction manager when calculating ephemeral storage usage by a pod. If a pod writes a large amount of data to the /etc/hosts file, it could fill the storage space of the node and cause the node to fail.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/93032
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/cB_JUsYEKyY/m/vVSO61AhBwAJ
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200821-0002/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 39.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
kubernetes/kubernetes < 1.16.13
kubernetes/pkg 1.1.0 - 1.16.13Go
Published Jul 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026