CVE-2022-29178

Incorrect Default Permissions in Cilium

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: May 20, 2022 at 06:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCilium

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Cilium is open source software for providing and securing network connectivity and loadbalancing between application workloads. Cilium prior to versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.15 contains an incorrect default permissions vulnerability. Operating Systems with users belonging to the group ID 1000 can access the API of Cilium via Unix domain socket available on the host where Cilium is running. This could allow malicious users to compromise integrity as well as system availability on that host. The problem has been fixed and the patch is available in versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.5. A potential workaround is to modify Cilium's DaemonSet to run with a certain command, which can be found in the GitHub Security Advisory for this vulnerability.

Affected

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

v < 1.10.11v < 1.11.5v < 1.9.161.10.0 ≤ v < 1.10.111.11.0 ≤ v < 1.11.5
Affected range stops below 1.10.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.9.16, 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 (4)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.10.11
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.11.5
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.9.16

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276

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