CVE-2022-4318

Cri-o: /etc/passwd tampering privesc

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 25, 2023
Updated: Aug 3, 2024
Reserved: Dec 6, 2022

Description

A vulnerability was found in cri-o. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat

Weaknesses

CWE-538 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11Red Hat	0:1.24.4-10.rhaos4.11.git1ed5ac5.el8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12Red Hat	0:1.25.2-9.rhaos4.12.git0a083f9.el9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

References

RHSA-2023:1033vendor-advisory
RHSA-2023:1503vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4318vdb-entry
RHBZ#2152703issue-tracking

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