{"id":"CVE-2019-15789","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-15789","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:09:34.880Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2020-04-08T01:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:21:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["canonical/microk8s"],"epss":{"score":0.00502,"percentile":0.42782,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15789","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."}