vulnerability
Kubernetes: CVE-2018-1000400: Privilege Context Switching Error (CWE-270) vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 18, 2018 | May 14, 2019 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 18, 2018
Added
May 14, 2019
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
Kubernetes CRI-O version prior to 1.9 contains a Privilege Context Switching Error (CWE-270) vulnerability in the handling of ambient capabilities that can result in containers running with elevated privileges, allowing users abilities they should not have. This attack appears to be exploitable via container execution. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.9.
Solution
kubernetes-upgrade-1_9_0
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