# CVE-2026-123665: kubescape Output printresults.go GetWriter permission

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-06. Updated: 2026-11-09.

A weakness has been identified in kubescape up to 4.0.15. Impacted is the function GetWriter of the file core/pkg/resultshandling/printer/printresults.go of the component Output. Executing a manipulation of the argument outputFile can lead to permission issues. The attack requires local access. Upgrading to version 4.0.16 is recommended to address this issue. This patch is called d90f77314c7d4f2b53cf2425844bde2315bd26d2. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

## Remediation

- fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: CNA: VulDB) — https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/pull/4092
- fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: CNA: VulDB) — https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/commit/d90f77314c7d4f2b53cf2425844bde2315bd26d2
- fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: CNA: VulDB) — https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/releases/tag/v4.0.16

## Affected products and versions

- n/a / kubescape: 4.0.0 (affected); 4.0.1 (affected); 4.0.2 (affected); 4.0.3 (affected); 4.0.4 (affected); 4.0.5 (affected); 4.0.6 (affected); 4.0.7 (affected); 4.0.8 (affected); 4.0.9 (affected); 4.0.10 (affected); 4.0.11 (affected); 4.0.12 (affected); 4.0.13 (affected); 4.0.14 (affected); 4.0.15 (affected); 4.0.16 (unaffected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 2.4 (low); CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 2.8 (low); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 2.8 (low); CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 1.7 (low); AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 4.0: 2.4 (low); CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X; source: NVD: cna@vuldb.com

- CVSS 3.1: 2.8 (low); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N; source: NVD: cna@vuldb.com

- CVSS 2.0: 1.7 (low); AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N; source: NVD: cna@vuldb.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.10% as of 2026-11-09; percentile 1.03%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-275, CWE-266

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/431789 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/431789/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-123665 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1033587 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/issues/4091 (CNA: VulDB; issue-tracking)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/pull/4092 (CNA: VulDB; issue-tracking, patch)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/commit/d90f77314c7d4f2b53cf2425844bde2315bd26d2 (CNA: VulDB; patch)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/releases/tag/v4.0.16 (CNA: VulDB; patch)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/ (CNA: VulDB; product)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/ (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/commit/d90f77314c7d4f2b53cf2425844bde2315bd26d2 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/issues/4091 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/pull/4092 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape/releases/tag/v4.0.16 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-123665 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1033587 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/431789 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/431789/cti (cna@vuldb.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123665; retrieved 2026-11-09; source updated 2026-11-09

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123665; retrieved 2026-11-10; source updated 2026-11-09

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-123665; retrieved 2026-11-09; source updated Not reported

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