Vulnerability in Kubevirt

CVE-2020-1701

A flaw was found in the KubeVirt main virt-handler versions before 0.26.0 regarding the access permissions of virt-handler. An attacker with access to create VMs could attach any secret within their namespace, allowing them to read the contents of that secret.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-1701: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Kubevirt
  • Virt-Handler — versions kubevirt 0.26.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1701?
CVE-2020-1701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kubevirt, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-1701?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.