CVE-2021-25743

unknown
Published 2022-01-08 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

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-2021-25743

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25743.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed1.31.4+ds-1
debian debiansidfixed1.31.4+ds-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.31.4+ds-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes<1.26.0-alpha.31.26.0-alpha.3

References

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