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CVE-2020-1742

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-266

Description

An insecure modification vulnerability flaw was found in containers using nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate-handler. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. Versions before kubernetes-nmstate-handler-container-v2.3.0-30 are affected.

Affected products

• Nmstate Kubernetes-Nmstate: before 2.3.0 — fixed in 2.3.0
• RedHat Openshift Virtualization: 2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Nmstate Kubernetes-Nmstate 2.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1803608
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1803608

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