CVE-2022-38060

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: December 21, 2022 at 11:14 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:56 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorKolla

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the sudo functionality of OpenStack Kolla git master 05194e7618. A misconfiguration in /etc/sudoers within a container can lead to increased privileges.

Affected

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

Kolla · Openstack

95%

All versions

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 (1)

Third Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.8HIGHtalos

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

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-269CWE-426

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