Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
kubernetes/cloud-provider
master @ 47599d1
3
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
100.0%
Coverage
Highlights
Auth Bypass: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.
controllers/node/node_controller.go: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
2 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Auth Bypass: Nodes could be untainted without a providerID, allowing unauthorized node scheduling. This is a high-severity auth bypass because it weakens node admission control.
Information Disclosure: CVE-2020-9283 allows SSH host key verification bypass, enabling MITM attacks. This is a high-severity information disclosure risk in the SSH client path.
Race Condition: Taint patching could overwrite concurrent changes due to ResourceVersion not being stripped, leading to inconsistent node state. Medium severity because it requires timing.