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kubectl ANSI escape characters not filtered

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 8, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 2, 2023

Package

gomod k8s.io/kubernetes (Go)

Affected versions

< 1.26.0-alpha.3

Patched versions

1.26.0-alpha.3

Description

kubectl (k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl) does not neutralize escape, meta or control sequences contained in the raw data it outputs to a terminal. This includes but is not limited to the unstructured string fields in objects such as Events.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 7, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 8, 2022
Reviewed Sep 7, 2022
Last updated Oct 2, 2023

Severity

Low
3.0
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-25743

GHSA ID

GHSA-f9jg-8p32-2f55

Source code

Credits

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