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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-1000056

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CVE-2017-1000056

kubernetes: Privilege escalation in the PodSecurityPolicy admission plugin

Published Modified CWE 862
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium).

Description

Kubernetes version 1.5.0-1.5.4 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation in the PodSecurityPolicy admission plugin resulting in the ability to make use of any existing PodSecurityPolicy object.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
go::GitHub Security Advisory Gok8s.io/kubernetes1.5.5
debian 11kubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 12kubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 13kubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 14kubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
echokubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
Red Hatkubernetes, kubernetes-client, kubernetes-master and 1 moreno fix listed
Show all 10 entries from 7 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
go::GitHub Security Advisory Gok8s.io/kubernetes1.5.5
debian 11kubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 12kubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 13kubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 14kubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
echokubernetes1.5.5+dfsg-1
Red Hatkubernetesno fix listed
Red Hatkubernetes-clientno fix listed
Red Hatkubernetes-masterno fix listed
Red Hatkubernetes-nodeno fix listed

References

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