CVE-2019-11252

Credential leakage when failing to mount

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Kubernetes kube-controller-manager in versions v1.0-v1.17 is vulnerable to a credential leakage via error messages in mount failure logs and events for AzureFile and CephFS volumes.

El Kubernetes kube-controller-manager en versiones v1.0-v1.17, es vulnerable a una filtración de credenciales por medio de mensajes de error en registros de fallo de montaje y eventos para volúmenes de AzureFile y CephFS

A flaw was found in Kubernetes that allows the logging of credentials when mounting AzureFile and CephFS volumes. This flaw allows an attacker to access kubelet logs, read the credentials, and use them to access other services. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

*Credits: Christopher J. Ruwe

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-04-17 CVE Reserved
2020-07-23 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-209: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88684	2020-07-28

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11252	2020-07-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860158	2020-07-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes"		Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Kubernetes"				>= 1.0.0 <= 1.17.0 Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Kubernetes" and version " >= 1.0.0 <= 1.17.0"		-		Affected