Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
kubernetes/heapster
master @ e1e8341
2
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
Highlights
Auth Bypass: 2 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
deploy/kube-config: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
1 high-severity fix 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: A bug in the bash script responsible for setting up Grafana's Nginx basic authentication silently failed to apply authentication, leaving the Grafana interface exposed to unauthorized access. This demonstrates that deployment-time configuration failures can completely undermine application security.
Auth Bypass: Running the Heapster component without a dedicated ServiceAccount and explicit RBAC boundaries allowed it to inherit excessive cluster privileges by default. This violates the principle of least privilege, potentially allowing an attacker who compromises the Heapster container to pivot into broader cluster control.