CVE-2017-1000056
Kubernetes Privilege Escalation in k8s.io/kubernetes
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.26%
Description
Kubernetes version 1.5.0-1.5.4 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation in the PodSecurityPolicy admission plugin resulting in the ability to make use of any existing PodSecurityPolicy object.
How to fix CVE-2017-1000056
To remediate CVE-2017-1000056, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/kubernetes—upgrade to 1.5.5+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5.5 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5.5 or later
Is CVE-2017-1000056 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.5.5+dfsg-1
- >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.5
- >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |