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Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Fabric8 Kubernetes Client

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.2.0, <= 4.7.1
>= 4.8.0, <= 4.11.1
>= 4.12.0, <= 4.13.1
>= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.1

Patched versions

4.7.2
4.11.2
4.13.2
5.0.2

Description

A flaw was found in the fabric8 kubernetes-client in version 4.2.0 and after. This flaw allows a malicious pod/container to cause applications using the fabric8 kubernetes-client copy command to extract files outside the working path. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability. This has been fixed in kubernetes-client-4.13.2 kubernetes-client-5.0.2 kubernetes-client-4.11.2 kubernetes-client-4.7.2

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 16, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jun 22, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High
7.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-20218

GHSA ID

GHSA-jwh2-ffg4-48xc

Source code

No known source code
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