CVE-2016-1905
high
CVSS v3
7.7
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.7
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
85%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes | <1.2.0-alpha.6 | 1.2.0-alpha.6 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| kubernetes | kubernetes | - | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0070
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/19479
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1905
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/9e6912384a5bc714f2a780b870944a8cee264a22
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0351
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1905
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297910
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xx8c-m748-xr4j
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1905
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.