CVE-2018-1002105

85

FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1002105 is a critical vulnerability affecting Kubernetes versions prior to v1.10.11, v1.11.5, and v1.12.3, as well as related products like OpenShift Container Platform and NetApp Trident. This flaw allows attackers to bypass authentication and send arbitrary requests to backend servers by exploiting incorrect handling of proxied upgrade requests in the kube-apiserver. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 1.0.0, <= 1.9.11CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::
		>= 1.10.0, <= 1.10.10CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::
		>= 1.11.0, <= 1.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::
		>= 1.12.0, <= 1.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::
		1.9.12CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.9.12:beta0::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

86.98%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

99.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

ExploitDB: EDB-46053 · Dec 10, 2018

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8698 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (35)

check_pointpatch availablevia llm_extracted

chromepatch availablevia llm_extracted

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference

gopatch availablevia ghsa

Product: github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesFixed in: 1.11.5

gopatch availablevia ghsa

Product: github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesFixed in: 1.12.3

gopatch availablevia ghsa

Product: github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesFixed in: 1.10.11

infiniflowpatch availablevia llm_extracted

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: atomic-enterprise-service-catalog-1:3.10.72-1.git.1450.7d3f435.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: atomic-openshift-node-problem-detector-0:3.10.72-1.git.252.fa9e8ae.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: atomic-openshift-web-console-0:3.10.72-1.git.395.d23c438.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter-0:3.10.72-1.git.1060.64daa26.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.10.73-1.git.0.8b65cea.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: openshift-enterprise-cluster-capacity-0:3.10.72-1.git.380.0fd53e8.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: openshift-monitor-project-lifecycle-0:3.10.72-1.git.59.5358725.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: openshift-monitor-sample-app-0:3.10.72-1.git.5.de405bc.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.11.43-1.git.0.647ac05.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.2.1.34-2.git.20.6367d5d.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.3.1.46.45-1.git.0.2ce596e.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.3.149-1.git.0.3859ddb.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.4.1.44.57-1.git.0.a631031.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.4.172-1.git.0.33fe526.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.5.5.31.80-1.git.0.c4a0780.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5Fixed in: cockpit-0:160-3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.5.175-1.git.0.1274ebe.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.6.173.0.140-1.git.0.9686d52.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.6.173.0.140-1.git.0.0ccb19b.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.7.72-1.git.0.925b9cd.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.7.72-1.git.0.5c45a8a.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.8Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.8.44-1.git.0.9be0abd.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.9.51-1.git.0.dc3a40b.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.10.72-1.git.0.3cb2fdc.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: atomic-openshift-dockerregistry-0:3.10.72-1.git.390.186ec4f.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: atomic-openshift-descheduler-0:3.10.72-1.git.299.953c1c8.el7

vuepatch availablevia llm_extracted

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0Fixed in: openshift

Vendor Advisories (6)

goGHSA-579h-mv94-g4gpcritical

Privilege Escalation in Kubernetes

redhatCVE-2018-1002105Critical

kubernetes: authentication/authorization bypass in the handling of non-101 responses

vuellm-vue-c74ea1909884a17a

proxy request handling in kube-apiserver can leave vulnerable TCP connections

chromellm-chrome-1c32f65a23aa2617

proxy request handling in kube-apiserver can leave vulnerable TCP connections

check_pointllm-check_point-2c86f0f59c49386c

proxy request handling in kube-apiserver can leave vulnerable TCP connections

infiniflowllm-infiniflow-45cfd4099890d8b4

proxy request handling in kube-apiserver can leave vulnerable TCP connections

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00041.html

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3537

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3549

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3551

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3598

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3624

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3742

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3752

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3754

Third Party Advisory

github.com / evict/poc_CVE-2018-1002105

ExploitThird Party Advisory

github.com / kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/71411

Issue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory

groups.google.com / forum

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190416-0001

Third Party Advisory

coalfire.com / The-Coalfire-Blog/December-2018/Kubernetes-Vulnerability-What-You-Can-Should-Do

MitigationThird Party Advisory

exploit-db.com / exploits/46052

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

exploit-db.com / exploits/46053

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/07/06/3

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/07/06/4

securityfocus.com / bid/106068

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry