CVE-2019-11254

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Kubernetes API Server component in versions 1.1-1.14, and versions prior to 1.15.10, 1.16.7 and 1.17.3 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the kube-apiserver to consume excessive CPU cycles while parsing YAML.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-1050

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kubernetes	Kubernetes	prior to 1.15.10; prior to 1.16.7; prior to 1.17.3; 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5; 1.6; 1.7; 1.8; 1.9; 1.10; 1.11; 1.12; 1.13; 1.14

References

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89535Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kubernetes-announce/ALL9s73E5ck/4yHe8J-PBAAJThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89535Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kubernetes-announce/ALL9s73E5ck/4yHe8J-PBAAJThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 1, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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