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Servers and applications

CVE-2020-8561

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.

Severity
Medium 4.1
Published
20 Sept 2021
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
KubernetesServers and applications · cpe:a:kubernetes:kubernetes
  • Version 1.20.11
  • Version 1.21.5
  • Version 1.22.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8561
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8561