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Kubernetes Releases Security Updates

Kubernetes has released a security update to address a vulnerability in their open-source container manager. An authenticated user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges on an affected system

Threat ID:
CC-2824
Category:
Threat Severity:
Low
Threat Vector:
Published:
4 December 2018 12:00 AM
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Summary

Kubernetes has released a security update to address a vulnerability in their open-source container manager. An authenticated user could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges on an affected system

Threat details

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Update  

Exploit code for this vulnerability has been posted on several well-known online code repositories. It is possible that threat actors will begin to use this code in future campaigns

Remediation

Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Kubernetes security advisory and apply the necessary update.

Remediation steps

Type Step

Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Kubernetes security advisory and apply the necessary update.

Last edited: 17 February 2020 1:00 pm