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SCA: security update for k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-6qfg-8799-r575)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411581

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The Kubernetes kubectl cp command in versions 1.1-1.12, and versions prior to 1.13.11, 1.14.7, and 1.15.4
 allows a combination of two symlinks provided by tar output of a malicious container to place a file
 outside of the destination directory specified in the kubectl cp invocation. This could be used to allow
 an attacker to place a nefarious file using a symlink, outside of the destination tree. (CVE-2019-11251)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qfg-8799-r575

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411581

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11251