What is CVE-2019-11252?

CVE-2019-11252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kubernetes, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-07-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-11252?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Kubernetes

CVE-2019-11252

The Kubernetes kube-controller-manager in versions v1.0-v1.17 is vulnerable to a credential leakage via error messages in mount failure logs and events for AzureFile and CephFS volumes.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Kubernetes — versions 1.16, 1.17, 1.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-209 — Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

References

jordan@liggitt.net (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11252?: CVE-2019-11252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kubernetes, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-11252?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.