CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-1742

7.0 HIGH Published 2021-06-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-266, CWE-732

Description

An insecure modification vulnerability flaw was found in containers using nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate-handler. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. Versions before kubernetes-nmstate-handler-container-v2.3.0-30 are affected.

Affected configurations

• nmstate kubernetes-nmstate (< 2.3.0) • redhat openshift virtualization 2

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References