CVE-2020-27833

HIGH

OpenShift Container Platform < 4.7 - Arbitrary File Write via Symbolic Link in oc image extract

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Zip Slip vulnerability was found in the oc binary in openshift-clients where an arbitrary file write is achieved by using a specially crafted raw container image (.tar file) which contains symbolic links. The vulnerability is limited to the command `oc image extract`. If a symbolic link is first created pointing within the tarball, this allows further symbolic links to bypass the existing path check. This flaw allows the tarball to create links outside the tarball's parent directory, allowing for executables or configuration files to be overwritten, resulting in arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. Versions up to and including openshift-clients-4.7.0-202104250659.p0.git.95881af are affected.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27833
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1905945

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 26.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
redhat/openshift_container_platform < 4.7
Published May 14, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026