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SCA: security update for io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (GHSA-98g7-rxmf-rrxm)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413136

Description

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

 - A arbitrary code execution flaw was found in the Fabric 8 Kubernetes client affecting versions
 5.0.0-beta-1 and above. Due to an improperly configured YAML parsing, this will allow a local and
 privileged attacker to supply malicious YAML. (CVE-2021-4178)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98g7-rxmf-rrxm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413136

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4178