Embedded Malicious Code Affecting kube-health-tools package, versions *
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- published22 Apr 2026
- disclosed21 Apr 2026
- creditIlyas Makari
Introduced: 21 Apr 2026
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using kube-health-tools altogether.
Overview
kube-health-tools is a Lightweight Kubernetes node health diagnostics
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code that target Kubernetes environments by install a full LLM proxy service on the victim's machine, allowing the attacker to route LLM traffic through the compromised server.