Critical severity · published Jul 29, 2020
CVE-2020-14316
A flaw was found in kubevirt 0.29 and earlier
9.9
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in kubevirt 0.29 and earlier. Virtual Machine Instances (VMIs) can be used to gain access to the host's filesystem. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to assume the privileges of the VM process on the host system. In worst-case scenarios an attacker can read and modify any file on the system where the VMI is running. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KU
Kubevirt · Kubevirt
through 0.29 · source: NVD
OV
Openshift Virtualization · Redhat
1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14316
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14316
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848951
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