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CVE-2026-15687 (GCVE-0-2026-15687)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-23 18:43 – Updated: 2026-07-23 19:03

Title

Path traversal via non-tar copyDirectoryFromPod

Summary

A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Java client library where a compromised pod may be able to create new files in arbitrary locations on the client machine executing copy operations via non-tar copyDirectoryFromPod when enableTarCompressing is false.

Severity

2.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

kubernetes

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java/issues/4861	issue-tracking

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Kubernetes	kubernetes-client/java	Affected: 10.0.0 , < 25.0.1 (semver) Affected: 26.0.0 Unaffected: 25.0.1 Unaffected: 26.0.1 Unaffected: 27.0.0

Date Public

2026-07-22 16:00

Credits

Ibrahim el zein and Hasan Sheet

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GHSA-95WQ-2CX3-RP73

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-23 21:31 – Updated: 2026-07-23 21:31

Details

Severity

2.4 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-15687 (GCVE-0-2026-15687)

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