# CVE-2015-5305: Directory traversal vulnerability in Kubernetes, as used in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0, allows attackers to write to arbitrary files v

- Also known as: GO-2022-0701, GHSA-JP32-VMM6-3VF5
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.1
- Published: 2015-11-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- k8s.io/kubernetes (Go): fixed in 1.1.1
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (Go): fixed in 1.1.1

## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Kubernetes, as used in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0, allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted object type name, which is not properly handled before passing it to etcd.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kubernetes, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273969
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945

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