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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-18264
Kubernetes Dashboard Unauthenticated Secret Disclosure
Description

Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 3, 2019, 1:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:55 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-18264 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Kubernetes dashboard
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Update the affected Linux packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-18264 has a 7 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-18264.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-18264 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-18264 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.
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cloudnative-security/hacking-kubernetes

None

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
46 stars 9 fork 9 watcher
Born at : Sept. 1, 2021, 2:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.
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hacking-kubernetes/hacking-kubernetes.info

book website

kubernetes security

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
70 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Aug. 15, 2021, 6:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 21 different CVEs too.
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Elsfa7-110/kenzer-templates

None

Python XSLT

Updated: 5 months, 1 week ago
20 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2021, 4:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 350 different CVEs too.
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ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

essential templates for kenzer [DEPRECATED]

kenzer vulnerabilities kenzer-templates arpsyndicate

Python Shell Ruby

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
117 stars 38 fork 38 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2020, 9:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 1655 different CVEs too.
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magnologan/awesome-k8s-security

A curated list for Awesome Kubernetes Security resources

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
1971 stars 280 fork 280 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2020, 2:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.
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g3rzi/HackingKubernetes

This repository contain any information that can be used to hack Kubernetes

Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
108 stars 17 fork 17 watcher
Born at : March 8, 2020, 4:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-18264 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-18264 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493
    Added Reference https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289
    Added Reference https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400
    Added Reference https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1
    Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
    Added Reference https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 CWE-306
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/ No Types Assigned https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI No Types Assigned https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.10.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

90.90 }} -0.80%

score

0.99616

percentile