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SCA: security update for io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (GHSA-jwh2-ffg4-48xc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416606

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in the fabric8 kubernetes-client in version 4.2.0 and after. This flaw allows a malicious
 pod/container to cause applications using the fabric8 kubernetes-client `copy` command to extract files
 outside the working path. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system
 availability. This has been fixed in kubernetes-client-4.13.2 kubernetes-client-5.0.2 kubernetes-
 client-4.11.2 kubernetes-client-4.7.2 (CVE-2021-20218)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwh2-ffg4-48xc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416606

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20218

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20218

cwe: CWE-22