CVE-2019-1002100

unknown
Published 2022-05-13 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.11.8, v1.12.6, and v1.13.4, users that are authorized to make patch requests to the Kubernetes API Server can send a specially crafted patch of type "json-patch" (e.g. `kubectl patch --type json` or `"Content-Type: application/json-patch+json"`) that consumes excessive resources while processing, causing a Denial of Service on the API Server.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
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-2019-1002100

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1002100.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.17.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.17.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.17.4-1
debian debiansidfixed1.17.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.17.4-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.0.0,<=1.10.14
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.11.0,<1.11.81.11.8
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.12.0,<1.12.61.12.6
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.13.0,<1.13.41.13.4

References

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