CVE-2022-27652

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 18, 2022 at 04:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:37 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraOpenShift Container PlatformMoby

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

A flaw was found in cri-o, where containers were incorrectly started with non-empty default permissions. A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where containers started incorrectly with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.

Affected

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

v < 20.10.14
Affected range stops below 20.10.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066839

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276

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