VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8553

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-07-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-610: Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

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