CVE-2020-8551
Kubelet Denial of Service (DoS)
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 27, 2020, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:26 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2020-8551 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2020-8551.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
⚙ DevSecOps Kubernetes Playground ("A Hacker's Guide to Kubernetes")
Dockerfile Shell Ruby Smarty Jinja HCL
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-8551 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-8551 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Kubernetes https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s [No types assigned] Added Reference Kubernetes https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference Kubernetes https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s Removed Reference Kubernetes https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 27, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377 Patch, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/ Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 13, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 01, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377 No Types Assigned https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s No Types Assigned https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-770 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.15.0 up to (including) 1.15.9 *cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.16.0 up to (including) 1.16.6 *cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.17.0 up to (including) 1.17.2
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-8551 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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Exploit Prediction
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0.13 }} 0.02%
score
0.48446
percentile