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CVE-2020-8568
Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver sync/rotate directory traversal
Medium5.8EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- kubernetes
Description
Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver versions v0.0.15 and v0.0.16 allow an attacker who can modify a SecretProviderClassPodStatus/Status resource the ability to write content to the host filesystem and sync file contents to Kubernetes Secrets. This includes paths under var/lib/kubelet/pods that contain other Kubernetes Secrets.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| kubernetesCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% 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 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Kubernetes · Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver
- affected Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver v0.0.15
- affected Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver v0.0.16
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gosigs.k8s.io/secrets-store-csi-driverGHSA-5cgx-vhfp-6cf9 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-secrets-store-csi-driver/c/Cb9cvymTzl4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/secrets-store-csi-driver/issues/378 (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-5cgx-vhfp-6cf9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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