SB2022050422 - Privilege escalation in OpenShift Container Platform 4.10
Published: May 4, 2022 Updated: May 12, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022050422
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Incorrect default permissions (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27652)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to containers are incorrectly started with non-empty default permissions within in Moby (Docker Engine). An attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities can elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.