CVE-2020-8554

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-283

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 21, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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