Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2022
CVE-2022-1798
A path traversal vulnerability in KubeVirt versions up to 0.56 (and 0.55.1) on all platforms allows a user able to configure the kubevirt to read arbitrary files on the host…
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A path traversal vulnerability in KubeVirt versions up to 0.56 (and 0.55.1) on all platforms allows a user able to configure the kubevirt to read arbitrary files on the host filesystem which are publicly readable or which are readable for UID 107 or GID 107. /proc/self/<> is not accessible.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KU
Kubevirt · Kubevirt
0.20.0 before 0.55.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1798
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1798
Exploit
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-qv98-3369-g364
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