CVE-2022-28224

Calico and Calico Enterprise may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature

Description

Clusters using Calico (version 3.22.1 and below), Calico Enterprise (version 3.12.0 and below), may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature. Due to insufficient validation, a privileged attacker may be able to set a floating IP annotation to a pod even if the feature is not enabled. This may allow the attacker to intercept and reroute traffic to their compromised pod.

Categories

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Vendor Advisory tigera.io
Affected: Tigera Calico Enterprise
Affected: Project Calico Calico
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.tigera.io/security-bulletins-tta-2022-001/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-28224?
CVE-2022-28224 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-28224?
To fix CVE-2022-28224, 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-2022-28224 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-28224 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-2022-28224?
CVE-2022-28224 affects Tigera Calico Enterprise, Project Calico Calico.
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