{"id":"CVE-2019-11251","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-11251","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:31:47.352Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2020-02-03T16:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:12:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"jordan@liggitt.net","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-61","CWE-59"],"affected":["kubernetes/kubernetes"],"epss":{"score":0.0262,"percentile":0.85379,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/87773","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"jordan@liggitt.net"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kubernetes-announce/YYtEFdFimZ4/nZnOezZuBgAJ","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"jordan@liggitt.net"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/87773","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kubernetes-announce/YYtEFdFimZ4/nZnOezZuBgAJ","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11251","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}