Medium
Security advisory
Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver versions v0.0.15 and v0.0.16 allow an attacker who can modify a SecretProviderClassPodStatus/Status resource the ability to write content to the host filesystem and sync file contents to Kubernetes Secrets. This includes paths under var/lib/kubelet/pods that contain other Kubernetes Secrets.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-8568
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver versions v0.0.15 and v0.0.16 allow an attacker who can modify a SecretProviderClassPodStatus/Status resource the ability to write content to the host filesystem and sync file contents to Kubernetes Secrets. This includes paths under var/lib/kubelet/pods that contain other Kubernetes Secrets.
osv:CVE-2020-8568
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8568",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2020-8568",
"summary": "Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver versions v0.0.15 and v0.0.16 allow an attacker who can modify a SecretProviderClassPodStatus/Status resource the ability to write content to the host filesystem and sync file contents to Kubernetes Secrets. This includes paths under var/lib/kubelet/pods that contain other Kubernetes Secrets.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8568",
"products": [],
"severity": "medium",
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"aliases": [
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"GHSA-5cgx-vhfp-6cf9",
"GO-2022-0629"
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}
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"type": "GIT",
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}
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],
"modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:26.218846760Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/secrets-store-csi-driver/issues/378",
"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-secrets-store-csi-driver/c/Cb9cvymTzl4"
],
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},
"related_cves": [
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 385367,
"published_at": "2021-01-21T17:15:14.157+00:00"
}