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Case File

CVE-2020-8554

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 9.27% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-01-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2020-8554
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.3
EPSS
9.27%
Kubernetes

Original NVD Description

Kubernetes API server in all versions allow an attacker who is able to create a ClusterIP service and set the spec.externalIPs field, to intercept traffic to that IP address. Additionally, an attacker who is able to patch the status (which is considered a privileged operation and should not typically be granted to users) of a LoadBalancer service can set the status.loadBalancer.ingress.ip to similar effect.