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CVE-2020-8567
Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver plugin directory traversals
Medium4.9EPSS 1.5%
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- kubernetes
Description
Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver Vault Plugin prior to v0.0.6, Azure Plugin prior to v0.0.10, and GCP Plugin prior to v0.2.0 allow an attacker who can create specially-crafted SecretProviderClass objects to write to arbitrary file paths on the host filesystem, including /var/lib/kubelet/pods.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| kubernetesCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
Kubernetes · Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver
- affected Vault Plugin – < v0.0.6
- affected Azure Plugin – < v0.0.10
- affected GCP Plugin – < v0.2.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/Azure/secrets-store-csi-driver-provider-azureGHSA-2v35-wj4r-rcmv (opens in a new tab)
- Gogithub.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/secrets-store-csi-driver-provider-gcpGHSA-2v35-wj4r-rcmv (opens in a new tab)
- Gogithub.com/hashicorp/vault-csi-providerGHSA-2v35-wj4r-rcmv (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-secrets-store-csi-driver/c/BI2qisiNXHY (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/secrets-store-csi-driver/issues/384 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2v35-wj4r-rcmv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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