CVE-2020-1690 vulnerability in Red Hat Products
Published on June 7, 2021
An improper authorization flaw was discovered in openstack-selinux's applied policy where it does not prevent a non-root user in a container from privilege escalation. A non-root attacker in one or more Red Hat OpenStack (RHOSP) containers could send messages to the dbus. With access to the dbus, the attacker could start or stop services, possibly causing a denial of service. Versions before openstack-selinux 0.8.24 are affected.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2020-1690 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-1690
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Exploit Probability
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