CVE-2019-11254 (GCVE-0-2019-11254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-01 20:30 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:16
VLAI
Title
Kubernetes API Server denial of service vulnerability from malicious YAML payloads
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1050 - Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes Kubernetes Affected: prior to 1.15.10
Affected: prior to 1.16.7
Affected: prior to 1.17.3
Affected: 1.1
Affected: 1.2
Affected: 1.3
Affected: 1.4
Affected: 1.5
Affected: 1.6
Affected: 1.7
Affected: 1.8
Affected: 1.9
Affected: 1.10
Affected: 1.11
Affected: 1.12
Affected: 1.13
Affected: 1.14
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Date Public
2020-03-31 00:00
Credits
Mike Danese of Google
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