CVE-2016-1905

high
Published 2016-02-03 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
7.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
7.7

Description

The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated users to access additional resources via a crafted patched object.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
85%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1905

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/kubernetes/kubernetes<1.2.0-alpha.61.2.0-alpha.6

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
kubernetes kuberneteskubernetes-

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.