CVE-2020-8907

HIGH

Google guest-oslogin 20190304-20200507 - Privilege Escalation via Docker Group Membership

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform's guest-oslogin versions between 20190304 and 20200507 allows a user that is only granted the role "roles/compute.osLogin" to escalate privileges to root. Using their membership to the "docker" group, an attacker with this role is able to run docker and mount the host OS. Within docker, it is possible to modify the host OS filesystem and modify /etc/groups to gain administrative privileges. All images created after 2020-May-07 (20200507) are fixed, and if you cannot update, we recommend you edit /etc/group/security.conf and remove the "docker" user from the OS Login entry.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-oslogin/pull/29
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00037.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00047.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 24.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (3)
google/guest-oslogin 20190304.00 - 20200507.00
opensuse/leap 15.1
opensuse/leap 15.2
Published Jun 22, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026