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Kubernetes: CVE-2019-11245: non-root container privilege escalation

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Kubernetes: CVE-2019-11245: non-root container privilege escalation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/29/2019
Created
09/12/2019
Added
09/11/2019
Modified
09/11/2019

Description

In kubelet v1.13.6 and v1.14.2, containers for pods that do not specify an explicit runAsUser attempt to run as uid 0 (root) on container restart, or if the image was previously pulled to the node. If the pod specified mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will refuse to start the container as root. If the pod did not specify mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will run the container as uid 0.

Solution(s)

  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_13_7
  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_14_3

References

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