CVE-2017-1000056

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: July 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43459

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mitigation Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43459

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mitigation Third Party Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

2.4%

82th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

Affected Vendors

kubernetes

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