CVEs-PoC/2020/CVE-2020-8551.md

### [CVE-2020-8551](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8551)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Kubernetes&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3C%20v1.17.3%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-789%20Uncontrolled%20Memory%20Allocation&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The Kubelet component in versions 1.15.0-1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via the kubelet API, including the unauthenticated HTTP read-only API typically served on port 10255, and the authenticated HTTPS API typically served on port 10250.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://hackerone.com/reports/774896

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/adavarski/HomeLab-Proxmox-k8s-DevSecOps-playground
- https://github.com/adavarski/HomeLab-k8s-DevSecOps-playground