SB2022080148 - Privilege escalation in OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 



SB2022080148 - Privilege escalation in OpenShift Container Platform 4.9

Published: August 1, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022080148
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Incorrect default permissions (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27652)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to containers are incorrectly started with non-empty default permissions within in Moby (Docker Engine). An attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities can elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.