CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-29179

Improper Privilege Management

Published: May 20, 2022 | Modified: Jun 03, 2022
CVSS 3.x
8.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Ciliums 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.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cilium Cilium * 1.9.16 (excluding)
Cilium Cilium 1.10.0 (including) 1.10.11 (excluding)
Cilium Cilium 1.11.0 (including) 1.11.5 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References