Bug 1888475 (CVE-2020-25655)

Summary: CVE-2020-25655 open-cluster-management: RBAC bypass may disclose cluster secrets to other users
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
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Fixed In Version: open-cluster-management 2.0.4, open-cluster-management 2.1.0 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the ManagedClusterView API, allowed secrets to be disclosed to users without the correct permissions. Views created for an admin user are made available for a short time to users with view-only permission. In this short time window, the user with view-only permission can read cluster secrets that should only be disclosed to admin users. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
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Bug Depends On: 1882496, 1888476    
Bug Blocks: 1888225    

Description Doran Moppert 2020-10-14 23:57:46 UTC
An issue was discovered in ManagedClusterView API, that could allow secrets to be disclosed to users without the correct permissions.  Views created for an admin user would be made available for a short time to users with only view permission.  In this short time window the user with view permission could read cluster secrets that should only be disclosed to admin users.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-10-22 11:23:55 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.0 for RHEL 8
  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.0 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2020:4304 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4304