Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in CRI-O - CVE-2024-8676
Published: February 2, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103485
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8676
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CRI-O
Affected software:
CRI-O
CRI-O
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the way CRI-O handles restoration of archive container. A remote user with access to the kubelet or cri-o socket can call the restore endpoint and trigger the restore.When restoration starts, the application will attempt to restore the mounts from the restore archive instead of the pod request and access host mounts.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-8676
Install updates from vendor's website.