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CVE-2016-1905
The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated users to access additional…
High7.7EPSS 1.6%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/kubernetes/kubernetesGHSA-xx8c-m748-xr4j (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/19479 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xx8c-m748-xr4j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .