Symlink Attack Affecting k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager Open this link in a new tab package, versions >=1.3.0 <1.7.14 >=1.8.0 <1.8.9 >=1.9.0 <1.9.4
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
Attack Complexity
Low
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
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snyk-id
SNYK-GOLANG-K8SIOKUBERNETESPKGKUBELETVOLUMEMANAGER-2825261
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published
17 May 2022
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disclosed
17 May 2022
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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.