CVE-2020-8568: Kubernetes Secrets Store Csi Driver

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Kubernetes Secrets Store Csi Driver: version 0.0.15 only; version 0.0.16 only

Published 2021-01-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.