CVE-2021-25740

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Published 2021-09-21 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

Description

A security issue was discovered with Kubernetes that could enable users to send network traffic to locations they would otherwise not have access to via a confused deputy attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-25740

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25740.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archaffected
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes<=1.22.2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.