CVE-2016-1905

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 High 7.7
Description
The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated users to access additional resources via a crafted patched object.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-1905
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-02-03T18:59:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:17:20
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.1
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0070
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0351
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1905
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297910
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/19479
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1905
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1905
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:15:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:14:54 2016-02-03T18:59Z 2016-02-03T18:59:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:14:54 2016-06-15T12:32:51 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:14:54 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 22:06:02 2023-02-02T21:16:22 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 22:06:02 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 22:06:03 The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated users to access additional resources via a crafted patched object. An authorization flaw was discovered in Kubernetes; the API server did not properly check user permissions when handling certain requests. An authenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to gain additional access to resources such as RAM and disk space. Description updated
2023-02-02 22:06:06 References updated
2023-02-13 01:06:29 2023-02-12T23:17:20 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:06:29 An authorization flaw was discovered in Kubernetes; the API server did not properly check user permissions when handling certain requests. An authenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to gain additional access to resources such as RAM and disk space. The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated users to access additional resources via a crafted patched object. Description updated