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SCA: security update for k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-q4rr-64r9-fwgf)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433570

Description

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

 - In all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.11.8, v1.12.6, and v1.13.4, users that are authorized to make patch
 requests to the Kubernetes API Server can send a specially crafted patch of type "json-patch" (e.g.
 `kubectl patch --type json` or `"Content-Type: application/json-patch+json"`) that consumes excessive
 resources while processing, causing a Denial of Service on the API Server. (CVE-2019-1002100)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4rr-64r9-fwgf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433570

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1002100

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1002100

BID: 107290

cwe: CWE-770