Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting k8sgpt package, versions <0.3.18-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-K8SGPT-5964358
  • published21 Aug 2023
  • disclosed2 Aug 2023

Introduced: 2 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-3978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard k8sgpt to version 0.3.18-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream k8sgpt package and not the k8sgpt package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

CVSS Scores

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