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SCA: security update for k8s.io/client-go, k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-8cfg-vx93-jvxw)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412596

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2020-8565)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8cfg-vx93-jvxw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412596

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8565

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8565

cwe: CWE-532