KubernetesApplication

CVE-2018-1002101

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.0 Published 2018-12-05
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.11.1 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In Kubernetes versions 1.9.0-1.9.9, 1.10.0-1.10.5, and 1.11.0-1.11.1, user input was handled insecurely while setting up volume mounts on Windows nodes, which could lead to command line argument injection.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
KubernetesApplication
Affected:>= 1.9.0, <= 1.9.9>= 1.10.0, <= 1.10.5>= 1.11.0, <= 1.11.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.11.1
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Recommended fix High confidence

Kubernetes 1.10.6+, 1.11.2+, or latest stable release (1.12+)

  1. Identify your current Kubernetes version using 'kubectl version' or checking the cluster configuration
  2. Plan for a controlled upgrade following your organization's change management process
  3. For Kubernetes 1.9.x users: Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.10.6 or later (or 1.11.2 or later)
  4. For Kubernetes 1.10.x users: Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.10.6 or later
  5. For Kubernetes 1.11.x users: Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.11.2 or later
  6. After upgrade, verify the cluster is healthy using 'kubectl get nodes' and 'kubectl get pods --all-namespaces'
  7. Test Windows node volume mount functionality to ensure the upgrade did not break existing workloads
Caveat Upgrading Kubernetes minor versions may require updating manifests or tools; review Kubernetes release notes for breaking changes between versions

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