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CVE-2019-11244: kubectl creates world-writeable cached schema files
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2019-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-524
Description
In Kubernetes v1.8.x-v1.14.x, schema info is cached by kubectl in the location specified by --cache-dir (defaulting to $HOME/.kube/http-cache), written with world-writeable permissions (rw-rw-rw-). If --cache-dir is specified and pointed at a different location accessible to other users/groups, the written files may be modified by other users/groups and disrupt the kubectl invocation.
Affected products
- Kubernetes: from 1.8.0 through 1.14.1
- NetApp Trident: all versions
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18: 3.11, 4.1
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0020
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0074
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/76676
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190509-0002/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0020
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0074
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/76676
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190509-0002/
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