CVE-2020-10749
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileexploit · PoCEUFRUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability was found in all versions of containernetworking/plugins before version 0.8.6, that allows malicious containers in Kubernetes clusters to perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. A malicious container can exploit this flaw by sending rogue IPv6 router advertisements to the host or other containers, to redirect traffic to the malicious container.
cvss
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exploits (1)
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affected products (7)
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- Red Hat containernetworking/plugins≤ all containernetworking/plugins versions before version 0.8.6enisa_euvdEU
- linuxfoundation cni network plugins< 0.8.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cni_network_plugins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat openshift container platform= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Go github.com/containernetworking/plugins< 0.8.6osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/containernetworking/plugins
advisories (3)
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- GHSA-fx6x-h9g4-56f8containernetworking/plugins vulnerable to MitM attacks2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
A vulnerability was found in all versions of containernetworking/plugins before version 0.8.6, that allows malicious containers in Kubernetes clusters to perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. A malicious container can exploit this flaw by sending rogue IPv6 router advertisements to the host or other containers, to redirect traffic to the malicious container.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
- GO-2023-1915containernetworking/plugins vulnerable to MitM attacks in github.com/containernetworking/plugins2024-08-20vendor · osvUS
containernetworking/plugins vulnerable to MitM attacks in github.com/containernetworking/plugins
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references (34)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00063.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00065.htmlcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-10749cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10749cnnvd
- https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/pull/484/commits/219eb9e0464761c47383d239aba206da695e1a43Patchcnnvd
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-security-announce/BMb_6ICCfp8cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DV3HCDZYUTPPVDUMTZXDKK6IUO3JMGJC/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10749cnnvd
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