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CVE-2019-10223

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10223 is a security vulnerability affecting kube-state-metrics versions v1.7.0 and v1.7.1, as well as related Kubernetes and OpenShift Container Platform distributions. This flaw allows sensitive Secret content to be inadvertently exposed in metrics due to an experimental feature combined with default kubectl behavior. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact by revealing sensitive data. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kube-state-metrics:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kube-state-metrics:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: k8s.io/kube-state-metricsFixed in: 1.7.2
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-c92w-72c5-9x59medium

kube-state-metrics may expose secret content in metrics

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-10223Moderate

kube-state-metrics: annotations exposed as metrics in combination with `kubectl` can allow for exposure of secrets

Aug 9, 2019

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
github.com / kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/releases/tag/v1.7.2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/09/1
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/15/8