CVE-2019-15789 (GCVE-0-2019-15789)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-08 01:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:07
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EPSS
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Title
Microk8s Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged container. Fixed in MicroK8s 1.15.3.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
4 references
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| https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-p… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-s… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
Date Public
2019-08-09 00:00
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