Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- jordan@liggitt.net
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 8
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
- jordan@liggitt.net
- CWE-1050
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[ { "nodes": [ { "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "87849953-B423-4E3B-A977-A62A88B40037", "versionEndExcluding": "1.15.10" }, { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "3D26FF8F-C943-41DE-A97D-89E8C7AB6348", "versionEndExcluding": "1.16.7", "versionStartIncluding": "1.16.0" }, { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "95F48D52-C95F-4BBE-87C3-476F8058A37E", "versionEndExcluding": "1.17.3", "versionStartIncluding": "1.17.0" } ], "operator": "OR" } ] } ]