CVE-2020-1741 Misconfiguration in openshift-ansible
An attacker can perform phishing attacks via man-in-the-middle due to overly permissive CORS settings in OpenShift installation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-1741?
CVE-2020-1741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 24 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A flaw was found in openshift-ansible. OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.11 is too permissive in the way it specified CORS allowed origins during installation. An attacker, able to man-in-the-middle the connection between the user's browser and the openshift console, could use this flaw to perform a phishing attack. The main threat from this vulnerability is data confidentiality.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1741?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Openshift Container Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1741?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2020-1741 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1741 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-wqfw-39gh-42cj.