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Withdrawn Advisory: kubernetes-nmstate Insecure Privilege Management

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 23, 2023
Withdrawn This advisory was withdrawn on Aug 23, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate (Go)

Affected versions

< 2.3.0-30

Patched versions

None

Description

Withdrawn Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

An insecure modification vulnerability flaw was found in containers using nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate-handler. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. Versions before kubernetes-nmstate-handler-container-v2.3.0-30 are affected.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 7, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jul 13, 2023
Withdrawn Aug 23, 2023
Last updated Aug 23, 2023

Severity

High
7.0
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2020-1742

GHSA ID

GHSA-jw82-xjgr-g6f8

Source code

No known source code
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