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CVE-2026-15687: Path traversal via non-tar copyDirectoryFromPod
- Severity: low (CVSS 2.4 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-23 · updated 2026-10-24
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
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.
Affected products
- kubernetes-client/java: from 10.0.0 before 25.0.1; 26.0.0 — fixed in 25.0.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: kubernetes-client/java 25.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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