VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-15789
Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged container.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.50%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged container. Fixed in MicroK8s 1.15.3.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- canonical/microk8s
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590Third Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalationExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590Third Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalationExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.