VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8551

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-03-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

The Kubelet component in versions 1.15.0-1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via the kubelet API, including the unauthenticated HTTP read-only API typically served on port 10255, and the authenticated HTTPS API typically served on port 10250.

Weakness classification

  • jordan@liggitt.net: CWE-789
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references