Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - CVE-2022-1677
Published: May 31, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63885
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1677
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling entries in cluster router's HAProxy configuration files. A remote user with permissions to create or modify Routes can insert a malformed entry into configuration files that match any arbitrary hostname or all hostnames in the cluster, and direct traffic to an arbitrary application within the cluster, including the application under attacker's control.
Affected software
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
How to mitigate CVE-2022-1677
Install updates from vendor's website.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 3.11.705, 4.6.58, 4.7.51, 4.8.41, 4.9.35, 4.10.13
External References
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