CVE-2022-0811

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: March 16, 2022 at 02:03 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:21 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorCri O

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 19%

Description

A flaw was found in CRI-O in the way it set kernel options for a pod. This issue allows anyone with rights to deploy a pod on a Kubernetes cluster that uses the CRI-O runtime to achieve a container escape and arbitrary code execution as root on the cluster node, where the malicious pod was deployed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cri O · Kubernetes

95%

1.19.0 ≤ v < 1.19.61.20.0 ≤ v < 1.20.71.21.0 ≤ v < 1.21.61.22.0 ≤ v < 1.22.31.23.0 ≤ v < 1.23.2cri-o 1.24.0, cri-o 1.23.2, cri-o 1.22.3, cri-o 1.21.6, cri-o 1.20.7, cri-o 1.19.6

Affected range stops below 1.19.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.20.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.21.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.22.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.23.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2059475

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-6x2m-w449-qwx7

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-94

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