CVE-2022-27650

Description

A flaw was found in crun where containers were incorrectly started with non-empty default permissions. A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a crun
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066845 third party advisory issue tracking
https://github.com/containers/crun/security/advisories/GHSA-wr4f-w546-m398 third party advisory
https://github.com/containers/crun/commit/1aeeed2e4fdeffb4875c0d0b439915894594c8c6 third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HYIGABCZ7ZHAG2XCOGITTQRJU2ASWMFA/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-27650?
CVE-2022-27650 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-27650?
To fix CVE-2022-27650, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-27650 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-27650 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-27650?
CVE-2022-27650 affects n/a crun.
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