CVE-2020-8551

unknown
Published 2022-02-15 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

The Kubelet component in versions 1.15.0-1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via the kubelet API, including the unauthenticated HTTP read-only API typically served on port 10255, and the authenticated HTTPS API typically served on port 10250.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
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-2020-8551

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8551.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>=1.15.0,<1.15.101.15.10
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.16.0,<1.16.61.16.6
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.17.0,<1.17.21.17.2

References

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