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Kubernetes: CVE-2016-1905: Access control vulnerability

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Kubernetes: CVE-2016-1905: Access control vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2018
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_2_0

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