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CVE-2018-1002105

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In all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.10.11, v1.11.5, and v1.12.3, incorrect handling of error responses to proxied upgrade requests in the kube-apiserver allowed specially crafted requests to establish a connection through the Kubernetes API server to backend servers, then send arbitrary requests over the same connection directly to the backend, authenticated with the Kubernetes API server's TLS credentials used to establish the backend connection.

CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL)

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

6.0/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: PoC published; attacks unconfirmed

Why this priority?

Technical severity: CVSS 9.8: +3.43
Fresh EPSS: 86.98%: +2.17
Published PoC; attacks unconfirmed: +0.40

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 8 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

www.trendmicro.com

Press · 01 Dec 2021, 08:00 · Analyzing How TeamTNT Used Compromised Docker Hub Accounts - www.trendmicro.com

TechTarget

Press · 14 Mar 2019, 07:00 · Container security awareness, planning required as threats persist - TechTarget

Snyk

Press · 20 Dec 2018, 08:00 · Critical Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability Found in Kubernetes - Snyk

Cisco Blogs

Press · 13 Dec 2018, 08:00 · How Stealthwatch Cloud protects against the most critical Kubernetes vulnerability to-date, CVE-2018-1002105 - Cisco Blogs

ServeTheHome

Press · 10 Dec 2018, 08:00 · Where Cloud Servers Come From Visiting Wiwynn in Taipei - ServeTheHome

See all 8 source documents

Unit 42

Press · 09 Dec 2018, 08:00 · Demystifying Kubernetes CVE-2018-1002105 (and a dead simple exploit) - Unit 42

ServeTheHome

Press · 08 Dec 2018, 08:00 · Dell EMC PowerEdge R340 Launched with up to 8x SSDs - ServeTheHome

TechTarget

Press · 04 Dec 2018, 08:00 · Kubernetes security vulnerability reveals fractured market - TechTarget

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 6.0 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 2 repos with metrics

Repository	Stars	Forks	Language	Updated
evict/poc_CVE-2018-1002105	223	37	Python	21 Dec 2018, 14:34
bgeesaman/cve-2018-1002105	1	0	Go	30 Apr 2019, 15:14

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #46052 2018-12-10
exploitdb #46053 2018-12-10

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: PoC published; attacks unconfirmed
Priority basis: Exploitation in attacks unconfirmed; CVSS 9.8; EPSS 87.0%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: network access, no prior privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: Public PoC evidence is present.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Published PoC artifact; functionality unverified

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:55.555769+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

First press mention

04 Dec 2018, 08:00

Published

05 Dec 2018, 21:00

Latest press mention

01 Dec 2021, 08:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:57

PoCs on GitHub

2 repositories