Summary
An attacker with access to a hostNetwork=true container with CAP_NET_RAW
capability can listen to all the traffic going through the host and inject arbitrary
traffic, allowing to tamper with most unencrypted traffic (HTTP, DNS, DHCP, ...),
and disrupt encrypted traffic. In GKE the host queries the metadata service at
http://169[.]254.169.254 to get information, including the authorized SSH keys.
By manipulating the metadata service responses and injecting our own SSH key, it
is possible to gain root privilege on the host.
Affected Services
GKE, EKS
Remediation
None required
Tracked CVEs
No tracked CVEs
References
Contributed by https://github.com/ramimac
Entry Status
Finalized
Disclosure Date
Mon, Jun 15th, 2020
Exploitablity Period
-
Known ITW Exploitation
-
Detection Methods
-
Piercing Index Rating
-
Discovered by
Etienne Champetier
