01 Record
CVE-2020-26278
Weave Net Pods running in host PID namespace can be used to escalate other Kubernetes vulnerabilities
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score5.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Weave Net Pods running in host PID namespace can be used to escalate other Kubernetes vulnerabilities
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-01-20 22:10Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-01
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6fff14b09e5f8dad73bf4fd05dfb4793196d54d56fa569776922201cd6b2a071
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/weaveworks/weave/security/advisories/GHSA-pg3p-v8c6-c6h3
- github.comhttps://github.com/weaveworks/weave/commit/a0ac81b3b4cae6d0dcaf3732fd91cedefc89f720
- github.comhttps://github.com/weaveworks/weave/pull/3876
- github.comhttps://github.com/weaveworks/weave/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#release-280