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TI-2022-22811 Aliases CVE-2022-46167GHSA-x45c-cvp8-q4fm

Capsule vulnerable to privilege escalation by ServiceAccount deployed in a Tenant Namespace

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

Capsule is a multi-tenancy and policy-based framework for Kubernetes. Prior to version 0.1.3, a ServiceAccount deployed in a Tenant Namespace, when granted with `PATCH` capabilities on its own Namespace, is able to edit it and remove the Owner Reference, breaking the reconciliation of the Capsule Operator and removing all the enforcement like Pod Security annotations, Network Policies, Limit Range and Resource Quota items. An attacker could detach the Namespace from a Tenant that is forbidding starting privileged Pods using the Pod Security labels by removing the OwnerReference, removing the enforcement labels, and being able to start privileged containers that would be able to start a generic Kubernetes privilege escalation. Patches have been released for version 0.1.3. No known workarounds are available.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00961 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed capsule (clastix): 0.1.3github.com/clastix/capsule (Go): 0.1.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
clastixcapsulebefore 0.1.30.1.3Patch availableCNA
—github.com/clastix/capsule (Go)before 0.1.30.1.3Patch availableGHSA-x45c-cvp8-q4fm
  • capsule Vendorclastix Affected before 0.1.3 Fixed in 0.1.3 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/clastix/capsule (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.1.3 Fixed in 0.1.3 Patch available GHSA-x45c-cvp8-q4fm

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:clastix:capsule:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.1.3Vulnerableclastix
  • cpe:2.3:a:clastix:capsule:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.1.3 Vulnerable ·clastix

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA capsule (clastix) Fixed in 0.1.3
  • Fix · GHSA-x45c-cvp8-q4fm github.com/clastix/capsule (Go) Fixed in 0.1.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-46167
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x45c-cvp8-q4fm

References

  • TI-2023-24881 Service accounts can see namespaces of other tenants in capsule-proxy CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources