CVE-2020-14306

openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator: control plane can deploy gateway image to any namespace

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An incorrect access control flaw was found in the operator, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator all versions through 1.1.3. This flaw allows an attacker with a basic level of access to the cluster to deploy a custom gateway/pod to any namespace, potentially gaining access to privileged service account tokens. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Se encontró un fallo de control de acceso incorrecto en el operador, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator todas las versiones hasta 1.1.3. Este fallo permite a un atacante con un nivel básico de acceso al clúster implementar un gateway/pod personalizado en cualquier espacio de nombres, consiguiendo potencialmente acceso a tokens de cuentas de servicio privilegiadas. La mayor amenaza de esta vulnerabilidad es la confidencialidad e integridad de los datos, así como la disponibilidad del sistema

An incorrect access control flaw was found in the operator, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator. This flaw allows an attacker with a basic level of access to the cluster to deploy a custom gateway/pod to any namespace, potentially gaining access to privileged service account tokens. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-06-17 CVE Reserved
2020-07-02 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/maistra/istio-operator/pull/462	2022-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1850380	2020-07-01
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14306	2020-07-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Istio-operator Project Search vendor "Istio-operator Project"		Istio-operator Search vendor "Istio-operator Project" for product "Istio-operator"				<= 1.1.3 Search vendor "Istio-operator Project" for product "Istio-operator" and version " <= 1.1.3"		-		Affected