CVE-2022-2995

cri-o: incorrect handling of the supplementary groups

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the CRI-O container engine might lead to sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.

Un manejo incorrecto de los grupos suplementarios en el motor de contenedores CRI-O podría conllevar a una divulgación de información confidencial o la posible modificación de datos si un atacante presenta acceso directo al contenedor afectado donde son usados los grupos suplementarios para establecer los permisos de acceso y es capaz de ejecutar un código binario en ese contenedor

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 4.12.0. Issues addressed include denial of service, memory leak, and out of bounds read vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-08-25 CVE Reserved
2022-09-19 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pull/6159	2022-09-21

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2995	2023-06-14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2121632	2023-06-14

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"				1.25.0 Search vendor "Kubernetes" for product "Cri-o" and version "1.25.0"		-		Affected