CVE-2019-11254
Kubernetes API Server denial of service vulnerability from malicious YAML payloads
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
The Kubernetes API Server component in versions 1.1-1.14, and versions prior to 1.15.10, 1.16.7 and 1.17.3 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the kube-apiserver to consume excessive CPU cycles while parsing YAML.
El componente Kubernetes API Server en versiones 1.1-1.14 y versiones anteriores a 1.15.10, 1.16.7 y 1.17.3, permite a un usuario autorizado que envía cargas maliciosas de YAML causar que el kube-apiserver consuma ciclos de CPU excesivos mientras analiza YAML.
*Credits:
Mike Danese of Google
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SSVC
- Decision:-
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Automatable
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Timeline
- 2019-04-17 CVE Reserved
- 2020-04-01 CVE Published
- 2023-09-05 EPSS Updated
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- CWE-1050: Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop
CAPEC
References (5)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89535 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kubernetes-announce/ALL9s73E5ck/4yHe8J-PBAAJ | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11254 | 2020-06-18 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1819486 | 2020-06-18 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes" | Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Kubernetes" | < 1.15.10 Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Kubernetes" and version " < 1.15.10" | - |
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| Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes" | Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Kubernetes" | >= 1.16.0 < 1.16.7 Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Kubernetes" and version " >= 1.16.0 < 1.16.7" | - |
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| Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes" | Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Kubernetes" | >= 1.17.0 < 1.17.3 Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Kubernetes" and version " >= 1.17.0 < 1.17.3" | - |
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