CVE-2019-11254CWE-1050

Kubernetes API Server denial of service vulnerability from malicious YAML payloads

Medium · published April 1, 2020

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Kubernetes API Server component in versions 1.1-1.14, and versions prior to 1.15.10, 1.16.7 and 1.17.3 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the kube-apiserver to consume excessive CPU cycles while parsing YAML.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03157 · 87.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1050 · Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop
Published
2020-04-01T20:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 APR 20:30Z
    Kubernetes API Server denial of service vulnerability from malicious YAML payloads
    cvelistv5