Information Exposure Through an Error Message in Kubernetes - CVE-2019-11252
Published: June 30, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64817
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11252
CWE-ID: CWE-209
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Kubernetes
Affected software:
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager due to credential leakage via error messages in mount failure logs and events for AzureFile and CephFS volumes. A remote user can gain access to kubelet logs, read the credentials, and use them to access other services.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11252
Install updates from vendor's website.