CVE-2020-8553
ingress-nginx component for Kubernetes allows file overwrite
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.52%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-8553
To remediate CVE-2020-8553, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.28.0 or later
Is CVE-2020-8553 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.28.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |