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Symlink Attack Affecting k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp Open this link in a new tab package, versions <1.11.9 >=1.12.0 <1.12.7 >=1.13.0 <1.13.5

0.0
high

  • Exploit Maturity

    Mature

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

  • Confidentiality

    High

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-GOLANG-K8SIOKUBERNETESPKGKUBECTLCMDCP-174801

  • published

    2 Apr 2019

  • disclosed

    6 Mar 2019

  • credit

    Unknown

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Introduced: 6 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-1002101 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-59 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp to version 1.11.9, 1.12.7, 1.13.5 or higher.

Overview

k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp is a Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the kubectl cp command. It could allow writing files to any path on the user’s machine when 'kubectl cp' is called, limited only by the system permissions of the local user.