CVE-2020-8559

MEDIUM

Kubernetes <v1.16.13,v1.17.9,v1.18.6 - Open Redirect

Title source: llm

Description

The Kubernetes kube-apiserver in versions v1.6-v1.15, and versions prior to v1.16.13, v1.17.9 and v1.18.6 are vulnerable to an unvalidated redirect on proxied upgrade requests that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges from a node compromise to a full cluster compromise.

Exploits (2)

nomisec WORKING POC 54 stars
by tdwyer · poc
https://github.com/tdwyer/CVE-2020-8559
nomisec WORKING POC 20 stars
by tabbysable · poc
https://github.com/tabbysable/POC-2020-8559

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.5120
EPSS Percentile 97.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-601
Status published
Products (3)
k8s.io/apimachinery 0 - 0.16.13Go
k8s.io/kubernetes 0 - 1.16.13Go
kubernetes/kubernetes 1.6.0 - 1.15.0
Published Jul 22, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026