Deserialization in Redhat A-mq_streams

CVE-2021-4178

A arbitrary code execution flaw was found in the Fabric 8 Kubernetes client affecting versions 5.0.0-beta-1 and above. Due to an improperly configured YAML parsing, this will allow a local and privileged attacker to supply malicious YAML.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.003 (22.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-4178?
CVE-2021-4178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat A-mq_streams, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-4178?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-4178 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.