UNIX symbolic link following in Pipeline: Groovy - CVE-2022-25176

 

UNIX symbolic link following in Pipeline: Groovy - CVE-2022-25176

Published: February 16, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60634
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25176
CWE-ID: CWE-61
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin follows symbolic links to locations outside of the checkout directory for the configured SCM when reading the script file (typically Jenkinsfile) for Pipelines. A remote user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

Pipeline: Groovy
runc (Red Hat package)
cri-o (Red Hat package)
haproxy (Red Hat package)
python-boto (Red Hat package)
jenkins (Red Hat package)
atomic-openshift (Red Hat package)
openshift-ansible (Red Hat package)
atomic-openshift-cluster-autoscaler (Red Hat package)
golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager (Red Hat package)
atomic-openshift-service-idler (Red Hat package)
atomic-openshift-metrics-server (Red Hat package)
atomic-openshift-node-problem-detector (Red Hat package)
openshift-enterprise-autoheal (Red Hat package)
atomic-openshift-web-console (Red Hat package)
atomic-openshift-descheduler (Red Hat package)
openshift-enterprise-cluster-capacity (Red Hat package)
golang-github-openshift-oauth-proxy (Red Hat package)
golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter (Red Hat package)
atomic-enterprise-service-catalog (Red Hat package)
golang-github-prometheus-prometheus (Red Hat package)
atomic-openshift-dockerregistry (Red Hat package)
openshift-kuryr (Red Hat package)
jenkins-2-plugins (Red Hat package)
openshift (Red Hat package)
openshift-clients (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2022-25176

Install updates from vendor's website.

Pipeline: Groovy - update to 2656.vf7a_e7b_75a_457
runc (Red Hat package) - update to 1.0.1-3.rhaos4.9.git4144b63.el8
cri-o (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.19.6-3.rhaos4.6.git3c20b65.el7, 1.19.6-3.rhaos4.6.git3c20b65.el8, 1.22.3-2.rhaos4.9.git28c5a70.el7, 1.22.3-2.rhaos4.9.git28c5a70.el8, 1.23.2-2.rhaos4.10.git071ae78.el8
haproxy (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.0.16-3.el7, 2.0.16-5.el8, 2.2.15-4.el8
python-boto (Red Hat package) - update to 2.34.0-5.el7
jenkins (Red Hat package) - update to 2.319.3.1650348949-1.el7
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 3.11.665, 4.6.57, 4.7.48, 4.9.26, 4.10.6
atomic-openshift (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.git.0.7faaeaa.el7
openshift-ansible (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.11.685-1.git.0.a9090ac.el7, 4.9.0-202203150226.p0.g8abf85e.assembly.stream.el7
atomic-openshift-cluster-autoscaler (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g99b2acf.el7
golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g13de638.el7
atomic-openshift-service-idler (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g39cfc66.el7
atomic-openshift-metrics-server (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.gf8bf728.el7
atomic-openshift-node-problem-detector (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.gc8f26da.el7
openshift-enterprise-autoheal (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.gf2f435d.el7
atomic-openshift-web-console (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.gd742e61.el7
atomic-openshift-descheduler (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.gd435537.el7
openshift-enterprise-cluster-capacity (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g22be164.el7
golang-github-openshift-oauth-proxy (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.gedebe84.el7
golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g609cd20.el7
atomic-enterprise-service-catalog (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g2e6be86.el7
golang-github-prometheus-prometheus (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g99aae51.el7
atomic-openshift-dockerregistry (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g3571208.el7
openshift-kuryr (Red Hat package) - update to 3.11.685-1.g0c4bf66.el7
jenkins-2-plugins (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.11.1650371376-1.el7, 4.6.1650364520-1.el8, 4.7.1648800585-1.el8, 4.9.1647580879-1.el8, 4.10.1647505461-1.el8
openshift (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.6.0-202203141645.p0.gec4226d.assembly.stream.el7, 4.6.0-202203141645.p0.gec4226d.assembly.stream.el8, 4.10.0-202203211237.p0.gb0357ed.assembly.stream.el7, 4.10.0-202203211237.p0.gb0357ed.assembly.stream.el8
openshift-clients (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.9.0-202203221324.p0.ga646be5.assembly.stream.el7, 4.9.0-202203221324.p0.ga646be5.assembly.stream.el8, 4.10.0-202203170916.p0.g6de42bd.assembly.stream.el7, 4.10.0-202203170916.p0.g6de42bd.assembly.stream.el8

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