Security Advisory

CVE-2020-8554

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-01-21 17:09:21
Last updated 2026-06-01 21:44:19
Assigner kubernetes
CVSS score 6.3
State PUBLISHED

Description

Kubernetes API server in all versions allow an attacker who is able to create a ClusterIP service and set the spec.externalIPs field, to intercept traffic to that IP address. Additionally, an attacker who is able to patch the status (which is considered a privileged operation and should not typically be granted to users) of a LoadBalancer service can set the status.loadBalancer.ingress.ip to similar effect.