Description
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user may be able to create a container with subpath volume mounts to access files & directories outside of the volume, including on the host filesystem.
Published: 2021-09-20
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 33.0% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f5f7-6478-qm6p Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties in kubernetes
History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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Kubernetes Kubernetes
Redhat Openshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: kubernetes

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:26:06.351Z

Reserved: 2021-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25741

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:11:27.655Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-20T17:15:08.343

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:55:19.723

Link: CVE-2021-25741

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2021-09-15T16:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-25741 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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