CVE-2019-11246CWE-61

kubectl cp allows symlink directory traversal

Medium · published August 29, 2019

CVSS v3.0
6.4
EPSS
4%
Percentile
89.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The kubectl cp command allows copying files between containers and the user machine. To copy files from a container, Kubernetes runs tar inside the container to create a tar archive, copies it over the network, and kubectl unpacks it on the user’s machine. If the tar binary in the container is malicious, it could run any code and output unexpected, malicious results. An attacker could use this to write files to any path on the user’s machine when kubectl cp is called, limited only by the system permissions of the local user. Kubernetes affected versions include versions prior to 1.12.9, versions prior to 1.13.6, versions prior to 1.14.2, and versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03633 · 89.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-61 · UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Published
2019-08-29T00:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 AUG 00:23Z
    kubectl cp allows symlink directory traversal
    cvelistv5