Security advisory

{
  "id": "c496a79b2193e662522a869943c8ae4c250e7f0b7eeb90a10e659d5119b17b0e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11244",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-11244",
    "summary": "In Kubernetes v1.8.x-v1.14.x, schema info is cached by kubectl in the location specified by --cache-dir (defaulting to $HOME/.kube/http-cache), written with world-writeable permissions (rw-rw-rw-). If --cache-dir is specified and pointed at a different location accessible to other users/groups, the written files may be modified by other users/groups and disrupt the kubectl invocation.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-11244",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-11244",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-11244",
        "GHSA-2575-pghm-6qqx"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubelet",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "aa78739adeabb6b9795838f8b341d0063210dddc"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.14.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "kubernetes-1.14.1-beta.0",
            "kubernetes-1.14.0-rc.1",
            "kubernetes-1.14.0",
            "kubernetes-1.14.1",
            "kubernetes-1.14.0-beta.2",
            "kubernetes-1.9.0-alpha.3",
            "kubernetes-1.9.0-alpha.2",
            "kubernetes-1.9.0-alpha.1",
            "kubernetes-1.9.0-alpha.0",
            "kubernetes-1.13.0-alpha.0",
            "kubernetes-1.12.0-beta.0",
            "kubernetes-1.12.0-alpha.1",
            "kubernetes-1.12.0-alpha.0",
            "kubernetes-1.11.0-alpha.2",
            "kubernetes-1.11.0-alpha.1",
            "kubernetes-1.11.0-alpha.0",
            "kubernetes-1.10.0-alpha.3",
            "kubernetes-1.10.0-alpha.2",
            "kubernetes-1.10.0-alpha.1",
            "kubernetes-1.10.0-alpha.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-11244.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0b9efaeb34a2fc51ff8e4d34ad9bc6375459c4a4"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b7394102d6ef778017f2ca4046abbaa23b88c290"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.14.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-11244.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:49:45.510265991Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3942",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0020",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0074",
        "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/76676",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190509-0002/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:openshift_container_platform",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "3.11"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "3.11"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "4.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-11244",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441811,
  "published_at": "2019-04-22T15:29:00.837+00:00"
}