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CVE-2022-38060

Published: Dec 21, 2022Updated: May 7, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-269
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the sudo functionality of OpenStack Kolla git master 05194e7618. A misconfiguration in /etc/sudoers within a container can lead to increased privileges.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA: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:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269CWE-426

Affected Products

kollaopenstack
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
kollaPyPIOSS Libraries
OpenStackOpenStack
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
openstackoss-projectUSCloud & SaaSaka openstack foundation
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Persistence
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589
talosintelligence.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38060
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/openstack/kolla/commit/2a4a8fce31c12114e8f472c24dd96864b5bd2bd2
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 21, 2022
Last Updated
May 7, 2025

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