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CVE-2019-15789
Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged con…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Microk8s | before 1.15.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605
- https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation
- https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605
- https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation