CVE-2020-10706 Weak cryptography in openshift/openshift-apiserver
Attackers with backup access can steal unencrypted OAuth tokens to impersonate users, requiring data-at-rest encryption to be enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-10706?
CVE-2020-10706 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 12 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform where OAuth tokens are not encrypted when the encryption of data at rest is enabled. This flaw allows an attacker with access to a backup to obtain OAuth tokens and then use them to log into the cluster as any user who logged into the cluster via the WebUI or via the command line in the last 24 hours. Once the backup is older than 24 hours the OAuth tokens are no longer valid.
Weakness: CWE-312
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10706?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Openshift Container Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10706?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10706 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-10706 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10706 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform
- CVE-2020-27836 Missing authorization in cluster-ingress-operator
- CVE-2018-1085 Misconfiguration in openshift-ansible
- CVE-2026-54099 Privilege escalation in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- CVE-2026-1784 Ose-cluster-ingress-operator: remote code execution through haproxy configuration injection
- CVE-2021-20182 Privilege escalation in openshift
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x29x-mq6w-9q67.