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Medium · 4.1 CVE-2020-8561 EUVD-2021-2002GHSA-74j8-88mm-7496

Webhook redirect in kube-apiserver

Published Sep 20, 2021 · Updated Jun 1, 2026 · Assigned by kubernetes

Description

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where actors that control the responses of MutatingWebhookConfiguration or ValidatingWebhookConfiguration requests are able to redirect kube-apiserver requests to private networks of the apiserver. If that user can view kube-apiserver logs when the log level is set to 10, they can view the redirected responses and headers in the logs.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Kubernetes Kubernetes — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 kubernetes 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 —
Debian 13 kubernetes 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 —
Debian 12 kubernetes 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kubernetes1.33 1.33.13-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11388-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kubernetes1.34 1.34.10-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11389-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kubernetes1.35 1.35.7-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11390-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kubernetes1.36 1.36.3-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11391-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kubernetes No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go k8s.io/kubernetes <= 1.22.2 — GHSA-74j8-88mm-7496

Advisories 5

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