SCA: security update for github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes, k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-8mjg-8c8g-6h85)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412759

Description

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

- In Kubernetes clusters using a logging level of at least 4, processing a malformed docker config file will
result in the contents of the docker config file being leaked, which can include pull secrets or other
registry credentials. This affects < v1.19.3, < v1.18.10, < v1.17.13. (CVE-2020-8564)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mjg-8c8g-6h85

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412759

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2020-8564

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-2020-8564

cwe: CWE-532