#VU67071 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OpenShift Virtualization - CVE-2022-1798

Vulnerability identifier: #VU67071

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1798

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
OpenShift Virtualization

Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.

The vulnerability allows a remote user to read arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a logic issue in kubeVirt API. A remote user can use the kubeVirt API to provide access to host files (like /etc/passwd, for example) in a KubeVirt VM as a disk device that can be written to and read from.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2117872