GHSA-82hx-w2r5-c2wq

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    GHSA-82hx-w2r5-c2wq

    Published: 15 Feb 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2020-8552

    Summary: Kubernetes API Server DoS Via API Requests

    Details: The Kubernetes API server component in Kubernetes versions prior to 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 successful API requests.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8552, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89378, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87669, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/5978856c4c7f10737a11c9540fe60b8475beecbb, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: k8s.io/apiserver

    Purl: pkg:golang/k8s.io/apiserver

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.15.10

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High