CVE-2019-10223
Exposure of sensitive information in k8s.io/kube-state-metrics
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
Exposing annotations as metrics can leak secrets. An experimental feature of kube-state-metrics enables annotations to be exposed as metrics. By default, metrics only expose metadata about secrets. However, a combination of the default kubectl behavior and this new feature can cause the entire secret content to end up in metric labels.
How to fix CVE-2019-10223
To remediate CVE-2019-10223, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.7.2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.2 or later
Is CVE-2019-10223 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.2
- >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.2
- >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.2
- >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |