The Kubernetes client-go library logs request headers at verbosity levels of 7 or higher. This can disclose credentials to unauthorized users via logs or command output. Kubernetes components (such as kube-apiserver) prior to v1.16.0, which make use of basic or bearer token authentication, and run at high verbosity levels, are affected.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4401 Kubernetes client-go library logs may disclose credentials to unauthorized users
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jmrx-5g74-6v2f Kubernetes client-go library logs may disclose credentials to unauthorized users
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

lower log verbosity levels to <= 6

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00872}

epss

{'score': 0.00897}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: kubernetes

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:06:55.457Z

Reserved: 2019-04-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-11250

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-29T01:15:11.523

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:20:48.343

Link: CVE-2019-11250

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-08-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-11250 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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