Input validation error in Kubernetes - CVE-2022-3294

 

Input validation error in Kubernetes - CVE-2022-3294

Published: May 24, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76474
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3294
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary cod on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to users may have access to secure endpoints in the control plane network. A remote user can trigger the vulnerability and allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to the API server's private network.


Affected software

Kubernetes
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Containers Module
openEuler
Fedora
kubernetes-node
kubernetes-client
kubernetes-help
kubernetes-kubelet
kubernetes-master
kubernetes-kubeadm
kubernetes
kubernetes1.23-client
kubernetes1.23-client-debuginfo
kubernetes1.23-client-common
IBM Netezza for Cloud Pak for Data
IBM InfoSphere Information Server

How to mitigate CVE-2022-3294

Install updates from vendor's website.

Kubernetes - addressed in versions 1.22.16, 1.23.14, 1.24.8, 1.25.4
kubernetes-node - update to 1.20.2-20
kubernetes-client - update to 1.20.2-20
kubernetes-help - update to 1.20.2-20
kubernetes-kubelet - update to 1.20.2-20
kubernetes-master - update to 1.20.2-20
kubernetes-kubeadm - update to 1.20.2-20
kubernetes - update to 1.20.2-20
kubernetes - addressed in versions 1.22.16-1.fc35, 1.22.17-1.fc35, 1.25.4-3.fc37
kubernetes1.23-client - update to 1.23.17-150300.7.6.1
kubernetes1.23-client-debuginfo - update to 1.23.17-150300.7.6.1
kubernetes1.23-client-common - update to 1.23.17-150300.7.6.1
IBM Netezza for Cloud Pak for Data - update to 11.2.3.3
IBM InfoSphere Information Server - update to 11.7.1.4 Service pack 1

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