PT-2020-20204 · Kubernetes+2 · Kubernetes+2

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CVE-2020-8552

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Published

2020-03-23

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Updated

2025-09-08

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kubernetes versions prior to 1.15.9 Kubernetes versions 1.16.0 through 1.16.6 Kubernetes versions 1.17.0 through 1.17.2
Description The Kubernetes API server component has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via successful API requests. This issue allows for a denial of service attack, which can be initiated by sending successful API requests to the API server component.
Recommendations For versions prior to 1.15.9, update to version 1.15.9 or later. For versions 1.16.0 through 1.16.6, update to version 1.16.7 or later. For versions 1.17.0 through 1.17.2, update to version 1.17.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1662
ALT-PU-2020-2338
CVE-2020-8552
GHSA-82HX-W2R5-C2WQ
RHSA-2020:1527
RHSA-2020:2992

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Kubernetes
Red Os