What is GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v?

GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Kubernetes Privilege Escalation

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v cover?

GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-1000056. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v?

GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v?

GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v affects 1 product, including: go/k8s.io/kubernetes:\u003e= 1.5.0, \u003c 1.5.5.

GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7vCriticalCVSS 9.8

Kubernetes Privilege Escalation

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 12, 2021

Last Modified

September 18, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-1000056 →

📋 Description

Kubernetes version 1.5.0-1.5.4 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation in the PodSecurityPolicy admission plugin resulting in the ability to make use of any existing PodSecurityPolicy object.

🎯 Affected products1

go/k8s.io/kubernetes:>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.5

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000056
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/43459
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/7fef0a4f6a44ea36f166c39fdade5324eff2dd5e
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jx2-76rc-2v7v