CVE-2020-8561: Webhook redirect in kube-apiserver
Affected: Kubernetes · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 81% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where actors that control the responses of MutatingWebhookConfiguration or ValidatingWebhookConfiguration requests are able to redirect kube-apiserver requests to private networks of the apiserver. If that user can view kube-apiserver logs when the log level is set to 10, they can view the redirected responses and headers in the logs.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Kubernetes · Kubernetes0
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Kubernetes
- Published
- September 2021
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-441cwe.mitre.org
- kubernetes.io/blog/2026/05/26/reconciling-unfixed-kubernetes-cvekubernetes.io
- groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/RV2IhwcrQsYgroups.google.com
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/104720github.com
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211014-0002security.netapp.com