CVE-2020-8551

MEDIUM

Kubernetes 1.15.0-1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, 1.17.0-1.17.2 - Denial of Service via Kubelet API

Title source: llm

Description

The Kubelet component in versions 1.15.0-1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via the kubelet API, including the unauthenticated HTTP read-only API typically served on port 10255, and the authenticated HTTPS API typically served on port 10250.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377

Mailing List x_refsource_misc

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0114

EPSS Percentile 62.4%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE

CWE-770 CWE-789

Status published

Products (3)

fedoraproject/fedora 32

k8s.io/kubernetes 1.15.0 - 1.15.10Go

kubernetes/kubernetes 1.15.0 - 1.15.9

Published Mar 27, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026