SCA: security update for k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubelet (GHSA-r76g-g87f-vw8f)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418555

Description

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

- In kubelet v1.13.6 and v1.14.2, containers for pods that do not specify an explicit runAsUser attempt to
run as uid 0 (root) on container restart, or if the image was previously pulled to the node. If the pod
specified mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will refuse to start the container as root. If the pod did
not specify mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will run the container as uid 0. (CVE-2019-11245)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r76g-g87f-vw8f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418555

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11245

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 4/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11245

BID: 108834