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SCA: security update for io.kubernetes:client-java (GHSA-cghx-9gcr-r42x)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413895

Description

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

 - Kubernetes Java client libraries in version 10.0.0 and versions prior to 9.0.1 allow writes to paths
 outside of the current directory when copying multiple files from a remote pod which sends a maliciously
 crafted archive. This can potentially overwrite any files on the system of the process executing the
 client code. (CVE-2020-8570)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cghx-9gcr-r42x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 413895

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8570

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 1/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8570

cwe: CWE-22