CVE-2018-18264 in the critical feed json
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within…
published 2019-01-03 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-9999
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 70.4%
- EPSS 70.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
Summary
Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.
Patch / fix
- kubernetes dashboard 1.10.1
- github.com/kubernetes/dashboard#3400 pull request
- github.com/kubernetes/dashboard#3289 pull request
- github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1 release
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2018-18264 updated cvss 6.5
dashboard: Authentication bypass resulting in information exposure
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Red Hat Storage 3 heketi, heketi-client, python-heketinot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
70.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template Kubernetes Dashboard <1.10.1 - Authentication Bypass nuclei detection template
- sysdig.com https://sysdig.com/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
References
-
github.com
/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3400
patch, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/kubernetes/dashboard/pull/3289
patch, third-party-advisory
-
sysdig.com
/blog/privilege-escalation-kubernetes-dashboard/
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/106493
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
- groups.google.com /forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/yBrFf5nmvfI
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github.com
/kubernetes/dashboard/releases/tag/v1.10.1
release-notes, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-18264
- NVD CVE-2018-18264
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