CVE-2018-18264
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's...
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
- Record
CVE-2018-18264- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
- Record
CVE-2018-18264- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-9999 No score
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
- Record
EUVD-2018-9999- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7mh5-fh6p-8pw2
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's...
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
- Record
GHSA-7mh5-fh6p-8pw2- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
- Record
CVE-2018-18264- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Kubernetes Dashboard <1.10.1 - Authentication Bypass |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-18264 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Kubernetes Dashboard, published January 3, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 70.4%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard
securityfocus.com/bid/106493
groups.google.com/forum
github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18264