CVE catalog
CVE-2019-11254
kubernetes: CVE-2019-11254
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.16% · Oct 25, 2026
The Kubernetes API Server component in versions 1.1-1.14, and versions prior to 1.15.10, 1.16.7 and 1.17.3 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the kube-apiserver to consume excessive CPU cycles while parsing YAML.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kubernetes | sid | 1.36.4+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | kubernetes | forky | 1.36.4+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | kubernetes | trixie | 1.32.3+ds-2 | fixed |
| Debian | kubernetes | bookworm | 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | etcd | tumbleweed | 3.5.2-1.1 | fixed |
| Suse | etcd | package hub 15 sp6 | 3.5.12-bp156.4.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | etcd | leap 15.6 | 3.5.12-bp156.4.3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kubernetes | source | sid | 1.17.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | forky | 1.17.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | trixie | 1.17.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | bookworm | 1.17.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Opensuse | etcd | rpm | tumbleweed | 3.5.2-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11911-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | etcd | rpm | package hub 15 sp6 | 3.5.12-bp156.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2025:0003-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | etcd | rpm | leap 15.6 | 3.5.12-bp156.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2025:0003-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [etcdctl]Unknown
Source package: [etcd]
Details (1)
3.7.1-1.2· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
3.5.2-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · etcd · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [etcdutl]Unknown
Source package: [etcd]
Details (1)
3.7.1-1.2· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
3.5.2-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · etcd · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [etcd]Fixed
Source package: [etcd]
Details (1)
3.7.1-1.2· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
3.5.2-1.1dsa · etcd · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [kubernetes-client]Fixed
Source package: [kubernetes]
Details (2)
1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.17.4-1dsa · kubernetes · debian · bookworm; dsa · kubernetes · debian · 12
1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.17.4-1dsa · kubernetes · debian · bookworm; dsa · kubernetes · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [golang-k8s-kubectl-dev]Fixed
Source package: [kubernetes]
Details (2)
1.32.3+ds-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.17.4-1dsa · kubernetes · debian · 13
1.32.3+ds-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.17.4-1dsa · kubernetes · debian · 13
- [kubectl]Fixed
Source package: [kubernetes]
Details (2)
1.32.3+ds-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.17.4-1dsa · kubernetes · debian · 13
1.32.3+ds-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.17.4-1dsa · kubernetes · debian · 13
- [kubernetes-client]Fixed
Source package: [kubernetes]
Details (2)
1.32.3+ds-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.17.4-1dsa · kubernetes · debian · 13
1.32.3+ds-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.17.4-1dsa · kubernetes · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_11911-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11254]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11254]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11911-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:0003-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11254]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-11254.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2022/wid-sec-w-2022-0510.json]
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