GHSA-8cfg-vx93-jvxw

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    GHSA-8cfg-vx93-jvxw

    Published: 6 Feb 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Kubernetes client-go vulnerable to Sensitive Information Leak via Log File

    Details: In Kubernetes, if the logging level is set to at least 9, authorization and bearer tokens will be written to log files. This can occur both in API server logs and client tool output like kubectl. This affects <= v1.19.5, <= v1.18.13, <= v1.17.15, < v1.20.0-alpha2.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8565, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/95623, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95316, https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/commit/19875a3d5a2e0d4f51c976a9e0662de3c2c011e3, https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/commit/1b8383fc150c9b816b0072032cca75754c2734d0, https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/commit/44e1a07f2d513e375c4b6ee6e890040b47befe86, https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/commit/e8f871a2e5fadf90fc114565abc0963967f1a373, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/e99df0e5a75eb6e86123b56d53e9b7ca0fd00419, https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go, https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-discuss/c/vm-HcrFUOCs/m/36utxAM5CwAJ, https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0064

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: k8s.io/client-go

    Purl: pkg:golang/k8s.io/client-go

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.19.0
    Fixed -0.19.6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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