CVE-2026-15687: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Kubernetes kubernetes-client/java
A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Java client library where a compromised pod may be able to create new files in arbitrary locations on the client machine executing copy operations via non-tar copyDirectoryFromPod when enableTarCompressing is false.
CVE-2026-15687: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Kubernetes kubernetes-client/java
Description
A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes Java client library where a compromised pod may be able to create new files in arbitrary locations on the client machine executing copy operations via non-tar copyDirectoryFromPod when enableTarCompressing is false.
CVSS v3.0
Score 2.7low
Affected software
pkg:github/kubernetes-client/javaRun on your own infrastructure? Check whether these packages are installed with threat-finder — our free open-source scanner.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- kubernetes
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-13T23:31:31.228Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a6262fe9c2644c7f88aae38
Added to database: 07/23/2026, 18:52:46 UTC
Last updated: 07/23/2026, 18:52:46 UTC
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