CVE-2022-38065
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 vendorOpenStack
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the oslo.privsep functionality of OpenStack git master 05194e7618 and prior. Overly permissive functionality within tools leveraging this library within a container can lead increased privileges.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1599SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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