CVE-2020-8551

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Kubelet component in versions 1.15.0-1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via the kubelet API, including the unauthenticated HTTP read-only API typically served on port 10255, and the authenticated HTTPS API typically served on port 10250.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-789 CWE-770

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kubernetes	Kubernetes	>= unspecified, < v1.17.3; >= unspecified, < v1.16.7; >= unspecified, < v1.15.10

References

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 27, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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