VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-3779

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-03-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Cloud Foundry Container Runtime, versions prior to 0.29.0, deploys Kubernetes clusters utilize the same CA (Certificate Authority) to sign and trust certs for ETCD as used by the Kubernetes API. This could allow a user authenticated with a cluster to request a signed certificate leveraging the Kubernetes CSR capability to obtain a credential that could escalate privilege access to ETCD.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Primary references