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CVE-2021-4178
August 24, 2022
A arbitrary code execution flaw was found in the Fabric 8 Kubernetes client affecting versions 5.0.0-beta-1 and above. Due to an improperly configured YAML parsing, this will allow a local and privileged attacker to supply malicious YAML.
Affected Packages
io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.11.0 <5.11.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.11.2
io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.9.0 <5.10.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.10.2
io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.8.0 <5.8.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.8.1
io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.5.0 <5.7.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.7.4
io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.0.0-beta-1 <5.0.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.0.3
io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.1.0 <5.1.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.1.2
io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.2.0 <5.3.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.3.2
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
EPSS
Base Score:
0.1