FKIE_CVE-2019-11245

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-08-29 01:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:12
Severity
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In kubelet v1.13.6 and v1.14.2, containers for pods that do not specify an explicit runAsUser attempt to run as uid 0 (root) on container restart, or if the image was previously pulled to the node. If the pod specified mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will refuse to start the container as root. If the pod did not specify mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will run the container as uid 0.
References
jordan@liggitt.nethttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/78308Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
jordan@liggitt.nethttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190919-0003/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/78308Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190919-0003/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kubernetes kubernetes 1.13.6
kubernetes kubernetes 1.14.2
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:12:36.470",
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