vulnerability
Kubernetes: CVE-2016-7075: API server does not validate client-provided intermediate certificates correctly
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 10, 2018 | Nov 23, 2018 | Apr 17, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 10, 2018
Added
Nov 23, 2018
Modified
Apr 17, 2026
Description
It was found that Kubernetes as used by Openshift Enterprise 3 did not correctly validate X.509 client intermediate certificate host name fields. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass authentication requirements by using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.
Solutions
kubernetes-upgrade-1_10_10kubernetes-upgrade-1_2_7kubernetes-upgrade-1_3_9
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