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CVE-2017-1002101
In Kubernetes versions 1.3.x, 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x and prior to versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9 and 1.9.4 containers using subpath volume mounts…
High8.8EPSS 13.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- kubernetes
Description
In Kubernetes versions 1.3.x, 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x and prior to versions 1.7.14, 1.8.9 and 1.9.4 containers using subpath volume mounts with any volume type (including non-privileged pods, subject to file permissions) can access files/directories outside of the volume, including the host's filesystem.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| kubernetesCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.3% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- handled symbolic links insecurely
- CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected v1.3.x
- affected v1.4.x
- affected v1.5.x
- affected v1.6.x
- affected unspecified – < v1.7.14
- affected unspecified – < v1.8.9
- affected unspecified – < v1.9.4
References (4)
- RHSA-2018:0475 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/60813 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/bgeesaman/subpath-exploit/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0554 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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