High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-15789

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.

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Affected products

Canonical/MicroK8s3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:microk8s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:microk8s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.15.3
- (no CPE)range: <1.15.3
- (no CPE)range: 1.15

Patches

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References

pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalationnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605nvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590nvdThird Party Advisory
people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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