CVE-2021-25743: kubectl ANSI escape characters not filtered

January 8, 2022 (updated October 2, 2023)

kubectl does not neutralize escape, meta or control sequences contained in the raw data it outputs to a terminal. This includes but is not limited to the unstructured string fields in objects such as Events.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-f9jg-8p32-2f55
github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/dad0e937c0f76344363eb691b2668490ffef8537
github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/101695
github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112553
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25743
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0003/

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