CVE-2020-85514.3MediumCWE-789

CVE-2020-8551: Kubernetes kubelet denial of service

Kubernetes

Vendor fix available · Affected: Kubernetes · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

1.2%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

69th percentile

050100

Higher than 69% of scored CVEs

4.3MediumCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

Kubernetes · Kubernetesbefore v1.17.3; before v1.16.7; before v1.15.10

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value · Denial of Service
Vendor: Kubernetes
Published: March 2020
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), March 2020
Bounty reports: 1 disclosed on HackerOne

Disclosed bug bounty reports about CVE-2020-8551

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Kubelet resource exhaustion attack via metric label cardinality explosion from unauthenticated requestsKubernetes · 2020 · medium severityValid

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