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SCA: security update for github.com/k3s-io/k3s (GHSA-jxr7-mqhw-9p98)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 444703

Description

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

 - K3s is a fully conformant production-ready Kubernetes distribution. Prior to 1.35.3+k3s1, 1.34.6+k3s1,
 v1.33.10+k3s1, a path traversal vulnerability exists in K3s's etcd snapshot decompression functionality.
 Zip files containing archive members with maliciously crafted names can be written to arbitrary locations
 on the filesystem when an administrator restores the archive as a compressed etcd snapshot. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.3+k3s1, 1.34.6+k3s1, v1.33.10+k3s1. (CVE-2026-54250)

Solution

Update the github.com/k3s-io/k3s library and its related packages to version 1.33.10 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxr7-mqhw-9p98

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 444703

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 7/14/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54250

cwe: CWE-22