CVE-2022-0532

cri-o: pod with access to 'hostIPC' and 'hostNetwork' kernel namespace allows sysctl from the list of safe sysctls to be applied to the host

Severity Score

4.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An incorrect sysctls validation vulnerability was found in CRI-O 1.18 and earlier. The sysctls from the list of "safe" sysctls specified for the cluster will be applied to the host if an attacker is able to create a pod with a hostIPC and hostNetwork kernel namespace.

Se ha encontrado una vulnerabilidad de comprobación incorrecta de sysctls en CRI-O versiones 1.18 y anteriores. Las sysctls de la lista de sysctls "safe" especificadas para el cluster serán aplicadas al host si un atacante es capaz de crear un pod con un espacio de nombres del kernel hostIPC y hostNetwork

An incorrect sysctls validation vulnerability was found in CRI-O. The sysctls from the list of "safe" sysctls specified for the cluster [0] will be applied to the host if an attacker can create a pod with a `hostIPC` and `hostNetwork` kernel namespace.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10.3. Issues addressed include bypass, cross site request forgery, denial of service, and traversal vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-02-08 CVE Reserved
2022-02-09 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051730	2022-02-22

URL	Date	SRC
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/#enabling-unsafe-sysctls	2022-02-22
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0532	2022-03-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kubernetes Search vendor "Kubernetes"		Cri-o Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Cri-o"				<= 1.18 Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Cri-o" and version " <= 1.18"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Container Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform"				4.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" and version "4.0"		-		Affected