Kubernetes · Kubernetes · CVE-2017-1000056
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Kubernetes versions 1.5.0 through 1.5.4
**Description**
The issue is related to a plugin for accessing PodSecurityPolicy, a software tool for managing clusters of virtual machines in Kubernetes, and is associated with insufficient access control. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to escalate their privileges, granting them the ability to use any existing PodSecurityPolicy object.
**Recommendations**
For Kubernetes versions 1.5.0 through 1.5.4, update to a version that includes a fix for the privilege escalation issue in the PodSecurityPolicy admission plugin.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.