CVE-2019-15789 HIGH

CVE-2019-15789: Microk8s Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Canonical

Product MicroK8s

Weakness CWE-269

Published April 8, 2020

Last update September 16, 2024

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CVSS base score

8.8/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 8, 2020 CVE published

September 16, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15789 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html