Information Exposure Through an Error Message in Kubernetes - CVE-2019-11252

 

Information Exposure Through an Error Message in Kubernetes - CVE-2019-11252

Published: June 30, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64817
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Kubernetes
Software vendor:
Kubernetes

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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