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01 Record

CVE-2021-25743

ANSI escape characters in kubectl output are not being filtered

LowPUBLISHEDCNA: kubernetes
CNA base score3.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

02 Description

ANSI escape characters in kubectl output are not being filtered

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 55.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
3.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD analysis status
Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2022-01-07 00:00Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 23:51Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-21
Assigning CNA
kubernetes
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Low (CVSS 3.0)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-150Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control SequencesVariant
  • CWE-838Inappropriate Encoding for Output ContextBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
9a921a09eaa6a1eba5f0a1ebf012a841b10f319e096326f8071adb5cc41ea121

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
KubernetesKubernetes<= 1.23.1, <= 1.22.5, <= 1.21.8, <= 1.20.14—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • kubernetes
    Fixed in 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • kubernetes
    Fixed in 1.31.4+ds-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • kubernetes
    Fixed in 1.31.4+ds-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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