CVE-2020-8554

MEDIUMNVD 6.36.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 9.3% (95th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
6.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 9.3%CVSS: 6.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Kubernetes API server in all versions allow an attacker who is able to create a ClusterIP service and set the spec.externalIPs field, to intercept traffic to that IP address. Additionally, an attacker who is able to patch the status (which is considered a privileged operation and should not typically be granted to users) of a LoadBalancer service can set the status.loadBalancer.ingress.ip to similar effect.

CVSS v3
6.3
EG Score
6.3MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
49
EG Risk 49/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity63% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
9.3%
EPSS %ILE
95th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

January 21, 2021

Last Modified

June 1, 2026

References (19)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-8554(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatatomic-openshift-0:3.11.374-1.git.0.ebd3ee9.el72021-01-20redhat
gok8s.io/kubernetes—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
kubernetes—
  • every version up to 1.31.4+ds-1: fixed in 1.31.4+ds-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
kubernetes—
  • every version up to 1.31.4+ds-1: fixed in 1.31.4+ds-1
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Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
k8s.io/kubernetes—
  • every version through 1.22.0: no fix on record
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCrancher/externalip-webhook
    First seen Dec 1, 2020

    CVE-2020-8554: Man in the middle using LoadBalancer or ExternalIPs

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-8554?
CVE-2020-8554 is a medium vulnerability published on January 21, 2021. Kubernetes API server in all versions allow an attacker who is able to create a ClusterIP service and set the spec.externalIPs field, to intercept traffic to that IP address. Additionally, an attacker who is able to patch the status (which is considered a privileged operation and should not…
When was CVE-2020-8554 disclosed?
CVE-2020-8554 was first published on January 21, 2021, with the most recent update on June 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-8554 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-8554 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 9.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (95th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-8554?
CVE-2020-8554 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-8554?
A fix for CVE-2020-8554 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2020-8554 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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