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CVE-2016-1905

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated users to access additional resources via a crafted patched object.

Affected products

• Kubernetes: all versions

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0070
• https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/19479
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0070
• https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/19479

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