CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8565

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Dec 07, 2020 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
KubernetesKubernetes1.17.0 (including)1.17.13 (including)
KubernetesKubernetes1.18.0 (including)1.18.10 (including)
KubernetesKubernetes1.19.0 (including)1.19.3 (including)
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.7.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/rook-ceph-rhel8-operator:4.7-140.49a6fcf.release_4.7*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.8.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/cephcsi-rhel8:4.8-125.01872cc.release_4.8*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.8.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/mcg-core-rhel8:5.8.0-38.e060925.5.8*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.8.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/mcg-rhel8-operator:5.8.0-27.4a6ca5f.5.8*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.8.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/ocs-must-gather-rhel8:4.8-196.a35d7d7.release_4.8*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.8.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/ocs-operator-bundle:4.8.0-5*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.8.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/ocs-rhel8-operator:4.8-196.a35d7d7.release_4.8*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.8.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/rook-ceph-rhel8-operator:4.8-167.9a9db5f.release_4.8*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.8.0 on RHEL-8RedHatocs4/volume-replication-rhel8-operator:4.8-20.ab575a2.release_v0.1*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatmcg-0:5.9.0-28.61dcf87.5.9.el8*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/cephcsi-rhel8:4.9-164.57484e3.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/ocs-must-gather-rhel8:4.9-257.4181add.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/ocs-operator-bundle:4.9.0-5*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/ocs-rhel8-operator:4.9-257.4181add.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/odf-console-rhel8:4.9-39.0f2fa23.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/odf-multicluster-operator-bundle:4.9.0-5*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/odf-multicluster-rhel8-operator:4.9-30.007b3d8.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/odf-operator-bundle:4.9.0-5*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/odf-rhel8-operator:4.9-59.c8bbc1f.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/odr-cluster-operator-bundle:4.9.0-5*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/odr-hub-operator-bundle:4.9.0-5*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/odr-rhel8-operator:4.9-27.3d037cc.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/rook-ceph-rhel8-operator:4.9-219.c3f67c6.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf4/volume-replication-rhel8-operator:4.9-28.82f68db.release_4.9*
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.9.0 on RHEL-8RedHatodf/odf-multicluster-rhel8-operator:4.9-30.007b3d8.release_4.9*
KubernetesUbuntufocal*
KubernetesUbuntugroovy*
KubernetesUbuntuhirsute*
KubernetesUbuntuimpish*
KubernetesUbuntukinetic*
KubernetesUbuntulunar*
KubernetesUbuntumantic*
KubernetesUbuntuoracular*

Potential Mitigations

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