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TI-2022-00452 Aliases CVE-2022-0532GHSA-jqmc-79gx-7g8p

Incorrect permission assignment in cri-o

Priority LOW 21CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

An incorrect sysctls validation vulnerability was found in CRI-O 1.18 and earlier. The sysctls from the list of "safe" sysctls specified for the cluster will be applied to the host if an attacker is able to create a pod with a hostIPC and hostNetwork kernel namespace.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00765 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): 1.23.1Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—cri-o1.18—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go)before 1.23.11.23.1Patch availableGHSA-jqmc-79gx-7g8p
  • cri-o Vendor— Affected 1.18 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.23.1 Fixed in 1.23.1 Patch available GHSA-jqmc-79gx-7g8p

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.18VulnerableKubernetes
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.18 Vulnerable ·Kubernetes
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-jqmc-79gx-7g8p github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) Fixed in 1.23.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:0866 Released 2022-03-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.56 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 cri-o-1.19.5-3.rhaos4.6.git91f8458.el7, cri-o-1.19.5-3.rhaos4.6.git91f8458.el8
  • RHSA-2022:0870 Released 2022-03-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.45 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7 cri-o-1.20.6-11.rhaos4.7.git76ea3d0.el7, cri-o-1.20.6-11.rhaos4.7.git76ea3d0.el8
  • RHSA-2022:0055 Released 2022-03-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.10.3 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 coreos-installer-0.12.0-1.rhaos4.10.el8, coreos-installer-bootinfra-0.12.0-1.rhaos4.10.el8, cri-o-1.23.0-92.rhaos4.10.gitdaab4d1.el7 +11

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10Fixed RHSA-2022:0055
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6Fixed RHSA-2022:0866
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed RHSA-2022:0870
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8Fixed—
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9Fixed—
Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0532
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jqmc-79gx-7g8p

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 3

Sources

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