7.8

CVE-2019-11245: kubernetes

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-r76g-g87f-vw8fGO-2024-2780
Published 29-08-2019Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-11245 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in kubernetes. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.60%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15424-1

Timeline

  1. 29-08-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In kubelet v1.13.6 and v1.14.2, containers for pods that do not specify an explicit runAsUser attempt to run as uid 0 (root) on container restart, or if the image was previously pulled to the node. If the pod specified mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will refuse to start the container as root. If the pod did not specify mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will run the container as uid 0.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.57% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Kubernetes

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

K8s.io1 product
  • kubernetes≥ 1.14.0, < 1.14.3
K8s.io/kubernetes/cmd1 product
  • kubelet≥ 1.14.0, < 1.14.3 | ≥ 1.13.0, < 1.13.7
Kubernetes1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

10 links