RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.8 (RHSA-2020:5260)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 312537

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5260 advisory.

- kubernetes: Secret leaks in kube-controller-manager when using vSphere Provider (CVE-2020-8563)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected openshift-hyperkube package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 312537

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2020-5260.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 5/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2020-8563

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:coreos

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8563

CWE: 117

RHSA: 2020:5260

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