Incorrect default permissions in CRI-O - CVE-2022-27652
Published: May 4, 2022 / Updated: May 12, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62796
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27652
CWE-ID: CWE-276
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CRI-O
Affected software:
CRI-O
CRI-O
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to containers are incorrectly started with non-empty default permissions within in Moby (Docker Engine). An attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities can elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-27652
Install update from vendor's website.