CVE-2020-8563

unknown
Published 2024-04-24 · Modified 2026-03-03
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In Kubernetes clusters using VSphere as a cloud provider, with a logging level set to 4 or above, VSphere cloud credentials will be leaked in the cloud controller manager's log. This affects < v1.19.3.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8563

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8563.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/kubernetes/kubernetes<1.19.31.19.3
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes<1.19.31.19.3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.