GHSA-qhm4-jxv7-j9pq

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    GHSA-qhm4-jxv7-j9pq

    Published: 15 Feb 2022Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling and Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in Kubernetes

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8551, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87913, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/9802bfcec0580169cffce2a3d468689a407fa7dc, 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/kubernetes

    Purl: pkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.15.0
    Fixed -1.15.10

    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