CVE-2020-8553

Medium

Description

The Kubernetes ingress-nginx component prior to version 0.28.0 allows a user with the ability to create namespaces and to read and create ingress objects to overwrite the password file of another ingress which uses nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-type: basic and which has a hyphenated namespace or secret name.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductKubernetes Ingress-nginx
PublishedJul 29, 2020
First seenJul 29, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-73CWE-73

How to fix

Update
  • kubernetes ingress-nginx0.28.0 or later
  • k8s.io/ingress-nginx0.28.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
kubernetes ingress-nginxv < 0.28.00.28.0
k8s.io/ingress-nginxGov < 0.28.00.28.0

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