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CVE-2019-1002100 (GCVE-0-2019-1002100)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-01 14:14 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:00
VLAI
Summary
In all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.11.8, v1.12.6, and v1.13.4, users that are authorized to make patch requests to the Kubernetes API Server can send a specially crafted patch of type "json-patch" (e.g. `kubectl patch --type json` or `"Content-Type: application/json-patch+json"`) that consumes excessive resources while processing, causing a Denial of Service on the API Server.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
dwf
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Kubernetes Kubernetes Affected: v1.0.x
Affected: v1.1.x
Affected: v1.2.x
Affected: v1.3.x
Affected: v1.4.x
Affected: v1.5.x
Affected: v1.6.x
Affected: v1.7.x
Affected: v1.8.x
Affected: v1.9.x
Affected: v1.10.x
Affected: unspecified , < v1.11.8 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , < v1.12.6 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , < v1.13.4 (custom)
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Credits
Reported by Carl Henrik Lunde
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