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Kubernetes: CVE-2021-25743: ANSI escape characters in kubectl output are not being filtered

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Kubernetes: CVE-2021-25743: ANSI escape characters in kubectl output are not being filtered

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/07/2022
Created
03/11/2022
Added
03/10/2022
Modified
03/28/2022

Description

kubectl does not neutralize escape, meta or control sequences contained in the raw data it outputs to a terminal. This includes but is not limited to the unstructured string fields in objects such as Events.

Solution(s)

  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_18_1

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