Directory Traversal Affecting rke2-cloud-provider-fips package, versions <1.36.2-r0
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published29 Jul 2026
- disclosed25 Jun 2026
Introduced: 25 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-54250 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard rke2-cloud-provider-fips to version 1.36.2-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rke2-cloud-provider-fips package and not the rke2-cloud-provider-fips package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
K3s is a fully conformant production-ready Kubernetes distribution. Prior to 1.35.3+k3s1, 1.34.6+k3s1, v1.33.10+k3s1, a path traversal vulnerability exists in K3s's etcd snapshot decompression functionality. Zip files containing archive members with maliciously crafted names can be written to arbitrary locations on the filesystem when an administrator restores the archive as a compressed etcd snapshot. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.3+k3s1, 1.34.6+k3s1, v1.33.10+k3s1.