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CVE-2022-1798

Path Traversal vulnerability in Kubevirt

Published: Sep 15, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20
NVD MITRE
8.7CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A path traversal vulnerability in KubeVirt versions up to 0.56 (and 0.55.1) on all platforms allows a user able to configure the kubevirt to read arbitrary files on the host filesystem which are publicly readable or which are readable for UID 107 or GID 107. /proc/self/<> is not accessible.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:LA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20CWE-22

Affected Products

kubevirtkubevirt
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
KubevirtGoogle LLC
Mixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
kubevirt.io/kubevirtGoOSS Libraries
kubevirtoss-projectCloud & SaaSaka containerized data importer, containerized-data-importer
google llccommercialUSOSS Libraries
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Collection
Discovery
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-qv98-3369-g364
github.com
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-cvx8-ppmc-78hm
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1798
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Sep 15, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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