CVE-2020-8551 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377 https://groups.google.com/forum/!topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5