CVE-2022-2990

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 13, 2022 at 01:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:42 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container PlatformBuildah

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Buildah container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.

Affected

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

Affected range stops below 1.27.1, 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)

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-842CWE-863

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