CVE-2019-15789

high

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged container. Fixed in MicroK8s 1.15.3.

References

Advisories
More

https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590

https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605

https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-04-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H