OCP cri-o execve Capability Elevation via Missing CVE-2022-27652 Fix (OCP<4.9.48)
CVE-2022-3466 Published on September 15, 2023

Cri-o: security regression of cve-2022-27652
The version of cri-o as released for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.48, 4.10.31, and 4.11.6 via RHBA-2022:6316, RHBA-2022:6257, and RHBA-2022:6658, respectively, included an incorrect version of cri-o missing the fix for CVE-2022-27652, which was previously fixed in OCP 4.9.41 and 4.10.12 via RHBA-2022:5433 and RHSA-2022:1600. This issue could allow an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs. For more details, see https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27652.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-3466 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be low. considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
LOW

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 5 days later.

Weakness Type

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-3466

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Affected Versions

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
5.67%

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