cvelist/2020/8xxx/CVE-2020-8553.json

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        "ASSIGNER": "security@kubernetes.io",
        "ID": "CVE-2020-8553",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "Kubernetes ingress-nginx Compromise of auth via subset/superset namespace names"
    },
    "affects": {
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                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_value": "0.28.0"
                                        }
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                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Kubernetes"
                }
            ]
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    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Alex Orange"
        }
    ],
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "The Kubernetes ingress-nginx component prior to version 0.28.0 allows a user with the ability to create namespaces and to read and create ingress objects to overwrite the password file of another ingress which uses nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-type: basic and which has a hyphenated namespace or secret name."
            }
        ]
    },
    "generator": {
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    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": {
            "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 5.9,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
            "version": "3.1"
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/5126",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/5126"
            }
        ]
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        "defect": [
            "https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/5126"
        ],
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}