CVE-2022-27652 — A flaw was found in cri-o, where containers were incorrectly started with non-em

A flaw was found in cri-o, where containers were incorrectly started with non-empty default permissions. A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where containers started incorrectly with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in cri-o, where containers were incorrectly started with non-empty default permissions. A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where containers started incorrectly with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / cri	o — Affects all versions.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-04-18T16:20:29.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T05:32:59.921Z

09References

• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066839
• github.com — https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-4hj2-r2pm-3hc6