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CVE-2018-18264

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 70.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.

Affected products

• Kubernetes Dashboard: before 1.10.1 — fixed in 1.10.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kubernetes Dashboard 1.10.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493
• https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289
• https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400
• https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
• https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106493
• https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289
• https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400
• https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
• https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/

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