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CVE-2015-5305

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5305 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Kubernetes, specifically impacting Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0. An attacker could exploit this by crafting an object type name, leading to arbitrary file writes due to improper handling before being passed to etcd. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesFixed in: 1.1.1
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: k8s.io/kubernetesFixed in: 1.1.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0Fixed in: openshift-0:3.0.2.0-0.git.20.656dc3e.el7ose
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-jp32-vmm6-3vf5medium

Directory Traversal in Kubernetes

Feb 15, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-5305Moderate

Kubernetes: Missing name validation allows path traversal in etcd

Oct 27, 2015

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015:1945
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory