Symlink Attack Affecting k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager package, versions >=1.3.0 <1.7.14 >=1.8.0 <1.8.9 >=1.9.0 <1.9.4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.2% (58th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-K8SIOKUBERNETESPKGKUBELETVOLUMEMANAGER-2825261
- published 17 May 2022
- disclosed 17 May 2022
- credit Maxim Ivanov
Introduced: 17 May 2022
CVE-2017-1002101 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager
to version 1.7.14, 1.8.9, 1.9.4 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack due to not enforcing limitations on symlink creation in mounts, allowing said symlinks to point to resources outside the volumes specified in the pod using relative path syntax.