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CVE-2019-11252

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11252 describes a credential leakage vulnerability affecting Kubernetes kube-controller-manager versions v1.0 through v1.17. This flaw allows sensitive credentials for AzureFile and CephFS volumes to be exposed through error messages in mount failure logs and events. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity by an authenticated user, leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5Fixed in: openshift4/ose-hyperkube:v4.5.0-202007100518.p0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5Fixed in: openshift-0:4.5.0-202007012112.p0.git.0.582d7fc.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: heketi

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-11252Moderate

kubernetes: credential leak in kube-controller-manager via error messages in mount failure logs and events for AzureFile and CephFS volumes

Mar 4, 2020

References

github.com / kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88684
PatchThird Party Advisory