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SCA: security update for github.com/fluxcd/flux2, github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller (GHSA-7pwf-jg34-hxwp)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412185

Description

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

 - Flux is an open and extensible continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes. Path Traversal in the
 kustomize-controller via a malicious `kustomization.yaml` allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service
 at the controller level. Workarounds include automated tooling in the user's CI/CD pipeline to validate
 `kustomization.yaml` files conform with specific policies. This vulnerability is fixed in kustomize-
 controller v0.24.0 and included in flux2 v0.29.0. Users are recommended to upgrade. (CVE-2022-24878)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7pwf-jg34-hxwp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412185

Version: Revision 1.6

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24878

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 5/20/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24878

cwe: CWE-674