Improper Privilege Management in Cilium
CVE-2022-29179

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Cilium

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 May 2022

What is CVE-2022-29179?

Cilium is open source software for providing and securing network connectivity and loadbalancing between application workloads. Prior to versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.15, if an attacker is able to perform a container escape of a container running as root on a host where Cilium is installed, the attacker can escalate privileges to cluster admin by using Cilium's Kubernetes service account. The problem has been fixed and the patch is available in versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.5. There are no known workarounds available.

Affected Version(s)

cilium < 1.9.16 < 1.9.16

cilium >= 1.10.0, < 1.10.11 < 1.10.0, 1.10.11

cilium >= 1.11.0, < 1.11.5 < 1.11.0, 1.11.5

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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