CVE-2020-8551
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling and Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in Kubernetes in k8s.io/kubernetes
4.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-8551
To remediate CVE-2020-8551, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.17.4-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.15.10 or later
- —upgrade to 1.15.10 or later
Is CVE-2020-8551 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.17.4-1
- >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.10
- >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.10, >= 1.16.0, < 1.16.6, >= 1.17.0, < 1.17.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |