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CVE-2020-8558

Kubernetes node setting allows for neighboring hosts to bypass localhost boundary

5.4 MediumPublic exploitFix available

CVE-2020-8558 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Kubernetes, published July 27, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.42%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in k8s.io/kubernetes 1.18.4.

The Kubelet and kube-proxy components in versions 1.1.0-1.16.10, 1.17.0-1.17.6, and 1.18.0-1.18.3 were found to contain a security issue which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. Such a service is generally thought to be reachable only by other processes on the same host, but due to this defeect, could be reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

3.42%Down 0.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

Kubernetes node setting allows for neighboring hosts to bypass localhost boundary

The Kubelet and kube-proxy components in versions 1.1.0-1.16.10, 1.17.0-1.17.6, and 1.18.0-1.18.3 were found to contain a security issue which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. Such a service is generally thought to be reachable only by other processes on the same host, but due to this defeect, could be reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service.

Record
CVE-2020-8558
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-420
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-1237 5.4

The Kubelet and kube-proxy components in versions 1.1.0-1.16.10, 1.17.0-1.17.6, and 1.18.0-1.18.3 were found to contain a security issue which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. Such a service is generally thought to be reachable only by other processes on the same host, but due to this defeect, could be reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service.

Record
EUVD-2022-1237
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wqv3-8cm6-h6wg 8.8

Improper Authentication in Kubernetes

A security issue was discovered in the Kubelet and kube-proxy components of Kubernetes which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. For example, if a cluster administrator runs a TCP service on a node that listens on 127.0.0.1:1234, because of this bug, that service would be potentially reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service. If the example service on port 1234 required no additional authentication (because it assumed that only other localhost processes could reach it), then it could be vulnerable to attacks that make use of this bug.

Record
GHSA-wqv3-8cm6-h6wg
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-420
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.4

The Kubelet and kube-proxy components in versions 1.1.0-1.16.10, 1.17.0-1.17.6, and 1.18.0-1.18.3 were found to contain a security issue which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. Such a service is generally thought to be reachable only by other processes on the same host, but due to this defeect, could be reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service.

Record
CVE-2020-8558
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-420
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

The Kubelet and kube-proxy components in versions 1.1.0-1.16.10, 1.17.0-1.17.6, and 1.18.0-1.18.3 were found to contain a security issue which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. Such a service is generally thought to be reachable only by other processes on the same host, but due to this defeect, could be reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service.

Record
CVE-2020-8558
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-8558 8.8

The Kubelet and kube-proxy components in versions 1.1.0-1.16.10, 1.17.0-1.17.6, and 1.18.0-1.18.3 were found to contain a security issue which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. Such a service is generally thought to be reachable only by other processes on the same host, but due to this defeect, could be reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8558
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-wqv3-8cm6-h6wg 8.8

Improper Authentication in Kubernetes

A security issue was discovered in the Kubelet and kube-proxy components of Kubernetes which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. For example, if a cluster administrator runs a TCP service on a node that listens on 127.0.0.1:1234, because of this bug, that service would be potentially reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service. If the example service on port 1234 required no additional authentication (because it assumed that only other localhost processes could reach it), then it could be vulnerable to attacks that make use of this bug.

Record
GHSA-wqv3-8cm6-h6wg
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-420
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:2413 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 package security update

Record
RHSA-2020:2413
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:2927 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.4.13 machine-config-daemon and openshift security update

Record
RHSA-2020:2927
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:2992 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 security update

Record
RHSA-2020:2992
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:3183 5.4

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.31 openshift security update

Record
RHSA-2020:3183
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8558 5.4

The Kubelet and kube-proxy components in versions 1.1.0-1.16.10, 1.17.0-1.17.6, and 1.18.0-1.18.3 were found to contain a security issue which allows adjacent hosts to reach TCP and UDP services bound to 127.0.0.1 running on the node or in the node's network namespace. Such a service is generally thought to be reachable only by other processes on the same host, but due to this defeect, could be reachable by other hosts on the same LAN as the node, or by containers running on the same node as the service.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8558
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2022-0885 No score

Improper Authentication in Kubernetes in k8s.io/kubernetes

Improper Authentication in Kubernetes in k8s.io/kubernetes

Record
GO-2022-0885
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15424-1 No score

govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250807T150727-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250807T150727-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15424-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
k8s.io/kubernetes
Go
1.18.0 up to 1.18.4
1.18.4
k8s.io/kubernetes
Go
1.17.0 up to 1.17.7
1.17.7
k8s.io/kubernetes
Go
before 1.16.11
1.16.11
kubernetes
Debian:12
before 1.18.5-1
1.18.5-1
kubernetes
Debian:13
before 1.18.5-1
1.18.5-1
kubernetes
Debian:14
before 1.18.5-1
1.18.5-1
k8s.io/kubernetes
Go
before 1.16.11, 1.17.0 up to 1.17.7, 1.18.0 up to 1.18.4
1.16.111.17.71.18.4
openshift
Red Hat:openshift:4.5::el7
before 0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el7
0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el7
openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:4.5::el7
before 0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el7
0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el7
openshift
Red Hat:openshift:4.5::el8
before 0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el8
0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:4.5::el8
before 0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el8
0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el8
machine-config-daemon
Red Hat:openshift:4.5::el8
before 0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.2527.d12c3da.el8
0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.2527.d12c3da.el8
openshift
Red Hat:openshift:4.4::el7
before 0:4.4.0-202007090832.p0.git.0.bc32fb1.el7
0:4.4.0-202007090832.p0.git.0.bc32fb1.el7
openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:4.4::el7
before 0:4.4.0-202007090832.p0.git.0.bc32fb1.el7
0:4.4.0-202007090832.p0.git.0.bc32fb1.el7
openshift
Red Hat:openshift:4.4::el8
before 0:4.4.0-202007090832.p0.git.0.bc32fb1.el8
0:4.4.0-202007090832.p0.git.0.bc32fb1.el8
openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:4.4::el8
before 0:4.4.0-202007090832.p0.git.0.bc32fb1.el8
0:4.4.0-202007090832.p0.git.0.bc32fb1.el8
machine-config-daemon
Red Hat:openshift:4.4::el8
before 0:4.4.0-202007092124.p0.git.2349.08d34d1.el8
0:4.4.0-202007092124.p0.git.2349.08d34d1.el8
cri-o
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:1.11.16-0.10.dev.rhaos3.11.git1eee681.el7
0:1.11.16-0.10.dev.rhaos3.11.git1eee681.el7
cri-o-debuginfo
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:1.11.16-0.10.dev.rhaos3.11.git1eee681.el7
0:1.11.16-0.10.dev.rhaos3.11.git1eee681.el7
atomic-openshift-web-console
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.1.cc96c2d.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.1.cc96c2d.el7
atomic-openshift
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-clients
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-clients-redistributable
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-docker-excluder
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-excluder
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-hypershift
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-master
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-node
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-pod
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-sdn-ovs
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-template-service-broker
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
atomic-openshift-tests
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
before 0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
0:3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7
openshift
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el7
before 0:4.3.31-202007280738.p0.git.0.9884401.el7
0:4.3.31-202007280738.p0.git.0.9884401.el7
openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el7
before 0:4.3.31-202007280738.p0.git.0.9884401.el7
0:4.3.31-202007280738.p0.git.0.9884401.el7
openshift
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
before 0:4.3.31-202007280738.p0.git.0.9884401.el8
0:4.3.31-202007280738.p0.git.0.9884401.el8
openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
before 0:4.3.31-202007280738.p0.git.0.9884401.el8
0:4.3.31-202007280738.p0.git.0.9884401.el8
govulncheck-vulndb
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 0.0.20250807T150727-1.1
0.0.20250807T150727-1.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubrhysemmas/martian-packets2020-07-17
PoC in GitHubtabbysable/POC-2020-85582020-07-09

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03affected
2026-11-03aliases, publishedEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

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