CVE-2020-8565

medium

Description

In Kubernetes, if the logging level is set to at least 9, authorization and bearer tokens will be written to log files. This can occur both in API server logs and client tool output like kubectl. This affects <= v1.19.3, <= v1.18.10, <= v1.17.13, < v1.20.0-alpha2.

References

Advisories
More

https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-discuss/c/vm-HcrFUOCs/m/36utxAM5CwAJ

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/95623

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-0665

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-12-07

Updated: 2026-06-17

Named Vulnerability: GO-2021-0064Named Vulnerability: GHSA-8cfg-vx93-jvxw

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00518