CVE-2021-25735 Affecting kubernetes package, versions <1.20.5+really1.20.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
5.38% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-KUBERNETES-20079280
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed6 Sept 2021

Introduced: 6 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-25735  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest kubernetes to version 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A security issue was discovered in kube-apiserver that could allow node updates to bypass a Validating Admission Webhook. Clusters are only affected by this vulnerability if they run a Validating Admission Webhook for Nodes that denies admission based at least partially on the old state of the Node object. Validating Admission Webhook does not observe some previous fields.

CVSS Base Scores

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