Reconciling the Past: Correcting Records for Unfixed Kubernetes CVEs

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  "id": "09ef3efcf84a2b9ea1e19ee91e3d64708889a02b748a6503474862ca373e2182",
  "url": "https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/05/26/reconciling-unfixed-kubernetes-cves/",
  "method": "llm",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "other",
    "title": "Reconciling the Past: Correcting Records for Unfixed Kubernetes CVEs",
    "summary": "The Kubernetes project updated records for four unfixed CVEs to correct their version information. The post describes persistent architectural risks and administrative mitigations; it does not announce a security fix.",
    "evidence": "Today, the Kubernetes SRC has updated the CVE records for CVE-2020-8554, CVE-2020-8561, CVE-2020-8562, and CVE-2021-25740.",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "Kubernetes",
          "evidence": "The following vulnerabilities will not be fixed by the Kubernetes project."
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "all versions",
            "evidence": "these CVE records will be updated to correctly reflect the fact that all versions are affected."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "fixed_cves": [],
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-8554",
        "evidence": "CVE-2020-8554"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-8561",
        "evidence": "CVE-2020-8561"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-8562",
        "evidence": "CVE-2020-8562"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-25740",
        "evidence": "CVE-2021-25740"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "official-kubernetes-blog",
  "document_id": 24058,
  "published_at": "2026-05-26T17:30:00+00:00"
}