[io.fabric8:kubernetes-client] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Fabric8 Kubernetes Client

A flaw was found in the fabric8 kubernetes-client in version 4.2.0 and after. This flaw allows a malicious pod/container to cause applications using the fabric8 kubernetes-client copy command to extract files outside the working path. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability. This has been fixed in kubernetes-client-4.13.2 kubernetes-client-5.0.2 kubernetes-client-4.11.2 kubernetes-client-4.7.2

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20218
• https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client/issues/2715
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923405
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwh2-ffg4-48xc