{"cve":"CVE-2019-15789","nvd":{"published":"2020-04-08T01:15:11.857","modified":"2026-06-17T02:21:04.617","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"references":["https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605","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"],"products":["canonical:microk8s"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:03:08.679916934+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-15789","score":0.00502,"percentile":0.43006,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}