5.8
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-54250
K3s: ZIP Archive Path Traversal Vulnerability in etcd Snapshot Decompression
Description

K3s is a fully conformant production-ready Kubernetes distribution. Prior to 1.35.3+k3s1, 1.34.6+k3s1, v1.33.10+k3s1, a path traversal vulnerability exists in K3s's etcd snapshot decompression functionality. Zip files containing archive members with maliciously crafted names can be written to arbitrary locations on the filesystem when an administrator restores the archive as a compressed etcd snapshot. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.3+k3s1, 1.34.6+k3s1, v1.33.10+k3s1.

INFO

Published Date :

June 25, 2026, 5:56 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 25, 2026, 5:56 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

GitHub_M
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update K3s to a fixed version to address the etcd snapshot decompression vulnerability.
  • Update K3s to version 1.35.3+k3s1 or later.
  • Update K3s to version 1.34.6+k3s1 or later.
  • Update K3s to version v1.33.10+k3s1 or later.

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