Servers and applications
CVE-2020-8557
The Kubernetes kubelet component in versions 1.1-1.16.12, 1.17.0-1.17.8 and 1.18.0-1.18.5 do not account for disk usage by a pod which writes to its own /etc/hosts file. The /etc/hosts file mounted in a pod by kubelet is not included by the kubelet eviction manager when calculating ephemeral storage usage by a pod. If a pod writes a large amount of data to the /etc/hosts file, it could fill the…
- Severity
- Medium 5.5
- Published
- 23 Jul 2020
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Fixed in
- 1.16.13, 1.17.9, 1.18.6
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
KubernetesServers and applications · cpe:a:kubernetes:kubernetes |
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