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SCA: security update for github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (GHSA-xx8c-m748-xr4j)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420733

Description

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

 - The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated
 users to access additional resources via a crafted patched object. (CVE-2016-1905)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xx8c-m748-xr4j

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420733

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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: 1/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1905

BID: 80693

cwe: CWE-284