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SCA: security update for k8s.io/client-go (GHSA-2575-pghm-6qqx)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408689

Description

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

 - In Kubernetes v1.8.x-v1.14.x, schema info is cached by kubectl in the location specified by --cache-dir
 (defaulting to $HOME/.kube/http-cache), written with world-writeable permissions (rw-rw-rw-). If --cache-
 dir is specified and pointed at a different location accessible to other users/groups, the written files
 may be modified by other users/groups and disrupt the kubectl invocation. (CVE-2019-11244)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2575-pghm-6qqx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408689

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: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11244

BID: 108064