CVE-2019-11251 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2019-11251 REJECTED

The Kubernetes kubectl cp command in versions 1.1-1.12, and versions prior to 1.13.11, 1.14.7, and 1.15.4 allows a combination of two symlinks provided by tar output of a malicious container to place a file outside of the destination directory specified in the kubectl cp invocation. This could be used to allow an attacker to place a nefarious file using a symlink, outside of the destination tree.

EPSS 3.45% · 87.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

3.45%

87.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	kubernetes	0, 1.0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	kubernetes	0, 1.0
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS	kubernetes	0, 1.0

Timeline

Feb 3, 2020 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
Oct 24, 2021 EPSS Score
Dec 25, 2021 EPSS Score
Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
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Nov 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Jan 2, 2023 EPSS Score
Mar 5, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11251 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11251 third-party-advisory

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