THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-1906
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1906

Kubernetes vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Openshift allows remote attackers to gain privileges by updating a build configuration that was created with an allowed type to a type that is not allowed.
Affected vendor
Kubernetes
Affected product
Kubernetes
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2016-02-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1906

  • Confirm whether Kubernetes Kubernetes is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1906.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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