Security News > 2019 > October > Dangerous Kubernetes Bugs Allow Authentication Bypass, DoS

2019-10-17 14:25
The flaws in the container technology, CVE-2019-16276 and CVE-2019-11253, are simple to exploit.
News URL
https://threatpost.com/kubernetes-bugs-authentication-bypass-dos/149265/
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Related Vulnerability
DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
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2019-10-17 | CVE-2019-11253 | XML Entity Expansion vulnerability in multiple products Improper input validation in the Kubernetes API server in versions v1.0-1.12 and versions prior to v1.13.12, v1.14.8, v1.15.5, and v1.16.2 allows authorized users to send malicious YAML or JSON payloads, causing the API server to consume excessive CPU or memory, potentially crashing and becoming unavailable. | 7.5 |
2019-09-30 | CVE-2019-16276 | HTTP Request Smuggling vulnerability in multiple products Go before 1.12.10 and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 allow HTTP Request Smuggling. | 7.5 |