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CVE-2020-8552
Kubernetes API server denial of service
Medium5.3EPSS 2.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- kubernetes
Description
The Kubernetes API server component in versions prior to 1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via successful API requests.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| kubernetesCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < v1.17.3
- affected unspecified – < v1.16.7
- affected unspecified – < v1.15.10
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gok8s.io/apiserverGHSA-82hx-w2r5-c2wq (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89378 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-aeea04cd13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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-82hx-w2r5-c2wq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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