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SCA: security update for k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-qhm4-jxv7-j9pq)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418150

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2020-8551)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qhm4-jxv7-j9pq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418150

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8551