Vulnerability · Published Feb 17, 2020 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2020-1704
High 7.0
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel7-operator from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in all versions of OpenShift ServiceMesh (maistra) before 1.0.8 in the openshift/istio-kialia-rhel7-operator-container. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel7-operator | All maistra versions before 1.0.8 |
Weakness: CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1704 x_refsource_CONFIRM