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SCA: security update for k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-pmqp-h87c-mr78)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417607

Description

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

 - Improper input validation in the Kubernetes API server in versions v1.0-1.12 and versions prior to
 v1.13.12, v1.14.8, v1.15.5, and v1.16.2 allows authorized users to send malicious YAML or JSON payloads,
 causing the API server to consume excessive CPU or memory, potentially crashing and becoming unavailable.
 Prior to v1.14.0, default RBAC policy authorized anonymous users to submit requests that could trigger
 this vulnerability. Clusters upgraded from a version prior to v1.14.0 keep the more permissive policy by
 default for backwards compatibility. (CVE-2019-11253)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmqp-h87c-mr78

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417607

Version: Revision 1.6

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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11253

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11253