CVE-2019-17110
Duplicate Advisory: k8s.io/kube-state-metrics Exposure of Sensitive Information
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-10223. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-10223. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-10223 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score usedGHSA-2v6x-frw8-7r7f 6.5
Duplicate Advisory: k8s.io/kube-state-metrics Exposure of Sensitive Information
Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-c92w-72c5-9x59. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
A security issue was discovered in kube-state-metrics 1.7.x before 1.7.2. An experimental feature was added to v1.7.0 and v1.7.1 that enabled annotations to be exposed as metrics. By default, kube-state-metrics metrics only expose metadata about Secrets. However, a combination of the default kubectl behavior and this new feature can cause the entire secret content to end up in metric labels, thus inadvertently exposing the secret content in metrics.
- Record
GHSA-2v6x-frw8-7r7f- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-10223. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-10223. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-10223 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
- Record
CVE-2019-17110- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-0907No score
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-10223. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-10223. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-10223 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
- Record
EUVD-2021-0907- Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVDNo score
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-10223. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-10223. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-10223 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
- Record
CVE-2019-17110- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCVE-2019-10223 6.5
A security issue was discovered in the kube-state-metrics versions v1.7.0 and v1.7.1. An experimental feature was added to the v1.7.0 release that enabled annotations to be exposed as metrics. By default, the kube-state-metrics metrics only expose metadata about Secrets. However, a combination of the default kubectl behavior and this new feature can cause the entire secret content to end up in metric labels thus inadvertently exposing the secret content in metrics. This feature has been reverted and released as the v1.7.2 release. If you are running the v1.7.0 or v1.7.1 release, please upgrade to the v1.7.2 release as soon as possible.
- Record
CVE-2019-10223- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-2v6x-frw8-7r7f 6.5
Duplicate Advisory: k8s.io/kube-state-metrics Exposure of Sensitive Information
Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-c92w-72c5-9x59. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
A security issue was discovered in kube-state-metrics 1.7.x before 1.7.2. An experimental feature was added to v1.7.0 and v1.7.1 that enabled annotations to be exposed as metrics. By default, kube-state-metrics metrics only expose metadata about Secrets. However, a combination of the default kubectl behavior and this new feature can cause the entire secret content to end up in metric labels, thus inadvertently exposing the secret content in metrics.
- Record
GHSA-2v6x-frw8-7r7f- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c92w-72c5-9x59 6.5
kube-state-metrics may expose secret content in metrics
A security issue was discovered in the kube-state-metrics versions v1.7.0 and v1.7.1. An experimental feature was added to the v1.7.0 release that enabled annotations to be exposed as metrics. By default, the kube-state-metrics metrics only expose metadata about Secrets. However, a combination of the default kubectl behavior and this new feature can cause the entire secret content to end up in metric labels thus inadvertently exposing the secret content in metrics. This feature has been reverted and released as the v1.7.2 release. If you are running the v1.7.0 or v1.7.1 release, please upgrade to the v1.7.2 release as soon as possible.
- Record
GHSA-c92w-72c5-9x59- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2022-0621No score
Exposure of sensitive information in k8s.io/kube-state-metrics
Exposing annotations as metrics can leak secrets.
An experimental feature of kube-state-metrics enables annotations to be exposed as metrics. By default, metrics only expose metadata about secrets. However, a combination of the default kubectl behavior and this new feature can cause the entire secret content to end up in metric labels.
- Record
GO-2022-0621- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
k8s.io/kube-state-metricsGo From an advisory covering 2 CVEs | 1.7.0 up to 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | ||
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-17110 has been rejected by its source and should not be treated as a live vulnerability, published October 3, 2019.
References
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17110
github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/commit/03122fe3e2df49a9a7298b8af921d3c37c430f7f
github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/commit/2a9ab3a9a0f1c4dbecb6a5577185b33bfac86a96
github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/releases/tag/v1.7.2
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2v6x-frw8-7r7f
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/15/8