CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-20206

7.2 HIGH Published 2021-03-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-03-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-22

Description

An improper limitation of path name flaw was found in containernetworking/cni in versions before 0.8.1. When specifying the plugin to load in the 'type' field in the network configuration, it is possible to use special elements such as "../" separators to reference binaries elsewhere on the system. This flaw allows an attacker to execute other existing binaries other than the cni plugins/types, such as 'reboot'. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Affected configurations

• linuxfoundation container network interface (< 0.8.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References