Vulnerability Details CVE-2019-11251
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.02
EPSS Ranking 82.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.8
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
Products affected by CVE-2019-11251
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.1-1.12
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.10
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.6
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.7
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.8
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.13.9
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.14.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.14.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.14.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.14.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.14.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.14.6
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.15.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.15.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:1.15.3