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CVE-2015-5305

Published: Nov 6, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
NVD MITRE
6.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 24.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Kubernetes, as used in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0, allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted object type name, which is not properly handled before passing it to etcd.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

n/an/a
github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesGoOSS Libraries
k8s.io/kubernetesGoOSS Libraries
openshiftredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273969
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945
access.redhat.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5305
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Nov 6, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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