CVE-2020-8551

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 68.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-03-27 14:25Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:03Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-03

Assigning CNA

kubernetes

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-789Memory Allocation with Excessive Size ValueVariant
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c2b59dde01fb25196b1c9e8f4e113fc21958c6f9b8d40a6ae315d8abfb11022c

• github.comhttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377x_refsource_MISC
• groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0sx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-aeea04cd13https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA