{"id":"CVE-2019-1002100","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-1002100","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:59:24.281Z","title":"In all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.11.8, v1.12.6, and v1.13.4, users that are authorized to make patch requests to the Kubernetes API Server can send a specially crafted patch of type \"json-patch\" (e.g. `kubectl patch --type json` or `\"Content-Type:…","description":"In all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.11.8, v1.12.6, and v1.13.4, users that are authorized to make patch requests to the Kubernetes API Server can send a specially crafted patch of type \"json-patch\" (e.g. `kubectl patch --type json` or `\"Content-Type: application/json-patch+json\"`) that consumes excessive resources while processing, causing a Denial of Service on the API Server.","published":"2019-04-01T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:09:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"josh@bress.net","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-770"],"affected":["kubernetes/kubernetes","redhat/openshift container platform"],"epss":{"score":0.16934,"percentile":0.97043,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","score":0.16934,"percentile":0.96996}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.16934,"from":0.10743,"percentile":0.96996},"summary":"EPSS moved from 10.7% to 16.9% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107290","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1851","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3239","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/74534","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/vmUUNkYfG9g","source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0002/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107290","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1851","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3239","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/74534","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-announce/vmUUNkYfG9g","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0002/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1002100","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}