#VU61600 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in containerd - CVE-2022-24769
Published: March 24, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61600
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24769
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
containerd
containerd
Software vendor:
containerd
containerd
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to containers are incorrectly started with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.