CVE catalog
CVE-2019-11251
kubernetes: CVE-2019-11251
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.62% · Oct 25, 2026
The Kubernetes kubectl cp command in versions 1.1-1.12, and versions prior to 1.13.11, 1.14.7, and 1.15.4 allows a combination of two symlinks provided by tar output of a malicious container to place a file outside of the destination directory specified in the kubectl cp invocation. This could be used to allow an attacker to place a nefarious file using a symlink, outside of the destination tree.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kubernetes | sid | 1.36.4+ds-1 | not affected |
| Debian | kubernetes | forky | 1.36.4+ds-1 | not affected |
| Debian | kubernetes | trixie | 1.32.3+ds-2 | not affected |
| Debian | kubernetes | bookworm | 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1+deb12u1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kubernetes | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | kubernetes | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [kubernetes-client]Not affected
Source package: [kubernetes]
Details (2)
1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kubernetes · debian · bookworm
1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · kubernetes · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2025_15424-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11251]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11251]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-11251.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2022/wid-sec-w-2022-0510.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]