CVE-2019-11254
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileDEEUFRUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Kubernetes API Server component in versions 1.1-1.14, and versions prior to 1.15.10, 1.16.7 and 1.17.3 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the kube-apiserver to consume excessive CPU cycles while parsing YAML.
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affected products (29)
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advisories (4)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-0510IBM DB2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM DB2 ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen, willkürlichen Code mit erhöhten Rechten auszuführen, Informationen falsch darzustellen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.
- GHSA-wxc4-f4m6-wwqvExcessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop in Kubernetes2021-12-20ghsa · osvUS
The Kubernetes API Server component in versions 1.1-1.14, and versions prior to 1.15.10, 1.16.7 and 1.17.3 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the kube-apiserver to consume excessive CPU cycles while parsing YAML.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
- GO-2020-0036Excessive resource consumption in YAML parsing in gopkg.in/yaml.v22021-04-14vendor · osvUS
Due to unbounded aliasing, a crafted YAML file can cause consumption of significant system resources. If parsing user supplied input, this may be used as a denial of service vector.
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references (21)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/48855cnnvd
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89535cnnvd
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kubernetes-announce/ALL9s73E5ck/4yHe8J-PBAAJcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11254cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158146/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-2479-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158406/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-2412-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Kubernetes-overload-via-kube-apiserver-YAML-31915cnnvd
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