Bug 1792092 (CVE-2020-1701)

Summary:	CVE-2020-1701 virt-handler: virt-handler daemonset clusterroles allows retrieval of secrets
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	cnv-qe-bugs, fdeutsch, sgott
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kubevirt 0.26.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the KubeVirt main virt-handler regarding the access permissions of virt-handler. An attacker with access to create VMs could attach any secret within their namespace, allowing them to read the contents of that secret.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-06-02 05:54:14 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	1792801, 1798752
Bug Blocks:	1792093

Description Pedro Sampaio 2020-01-17 02:07:57 UTC

A flaw was found in the kubevirt main virt-handler. Due to the access permissions of virt-handler an attacker with access to create vms could attach any secret within their namespace. This would allow them to read the contents of that secret.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/issues/2967

Comment 3 Joshua Padman 2020-02-04 23:13:28 UTC

Mitigation:

This issue can only be resolved by applying updates.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.