CVE-2015-5305

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileEUFRUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.85% (79th) EPSS

CVSS 6.4 · medium

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Directory traversal vulnerability in Kubernetes, as used in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0, allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted object type name, which is not properly handled before passing it to etcd.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedopenshift-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.src as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945
Fixedopenshift-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945
Fixedopenshift-clients-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945
Fixedopenshift-master-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945
Fixedopenshift-node-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945
Fixedopenshift-sdn-ovs-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945
Fixedtuned-profiles-openshift-node-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 4.9

v2.05.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-22US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
redhat openshift= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes< 1.1.1osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
Go k8s.io/kubernetes< 1.1.1osvUSpkg:golang/k8s.io/kubernetes
openshift-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.src as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
openshift-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
openshift-clients-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
openshift-master-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
openshift-node-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
openshift-sdn-ovs-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
tuned-profiles-openshift-node-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2015:1945Red Hat Security Advisory: kubernetes security update2015-10-27csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated kubernetes packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the references section.
GHSA-jp32-vmm6-3vf5Directory Traversal in Kubernetes2022-02-15ghsa · osvUS
Directory traversal vulnerability in Kubernetes, as used in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0, allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted object type name, which is not properly handled before passing it to etcd.
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
GO-2022-0701Directory traversal in k8s.io/kubernetes2022-02-15vendor · osvUS
Crafted object type names can cause directory traversal in Kubernetes. Object names are not validated before being passed to etcd. This allows attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted object name, hence causing directory traversal vulnerability in Kubernetes, as used in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd redhat_csaf certfr NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-11-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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