7.8High

CVE-2022-4318Cri-o: /etc/passwd tampering privesc

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11; Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Published: 2023-09-25 22:23 (3 years ago)

Description

A vulnerability was found in cri-o. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-538

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
openshift	4.11	—
openshift	4.12	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	—
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11	all versions
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12	all versions

References and patches

RHSA-2023:1033 vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:1503 vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4318 vdb-entry
RHBZ#2152703 issue-tracking

CVSS score

7.8High

Source: redhat · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.29%

higher than 22% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2022-12-06
Published2023-09-25 22:23
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:39
Last updated2024-08-03 04:34

Assigned by (CNA): redhat

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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