In short
- CVE-2020-8551 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting k8s.io/kubernetes, kubernetes (kubernetes).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 69.2% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 1.15.10, 1.16.6, 1.17.2 or later.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| k8s.io/kubernetes Go | ≥ 1.15.0, < 1.15.10≥ 1.16.0, < 1.16.6≥ 1.17.0, < 1.17.2
| 1.15.101.16.61.17.2
|
| kubernetes | ≥ 1.15.0, ≤ 1.15.9≥ 1.16.0, ≤ 1.16.6≥ 1.17.0, ≤ 1.17.2
| No fix yet |
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.
NVD 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.
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