CVE-2019-3818 Weak cryptography in kube-rbac-proxy

Low 3.7 Published Updated

An attacker can break TLS encryption in kube-rbac-proxy due to insecure cipher and protocol support, potentially exposing sensitive traffic.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-3818?

CVE-2019-3818 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 5 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The kube-rbac-proxy container before version 0.4.1 as used in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform does not honor TLS configurations, allowing for use of insecure ciphers and TLS 1.0. An attacker could target traffic sent over a TLS connection with a weak configuration and potentially break the encryption.

Weakness: CWE-327

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3818?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Kube-Rbac-Proxy Project Kube-Rbac-Proxy, Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3818?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3818 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-3818 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-69hf-98q7-wjq8.

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