Medium severity · published Mar 1, 2023
CVE-2022-3162
Users authorized to list or watch one type of namespaced custom resource cluster-wide can read custom resources of a different type in the same API group without authorization
6.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Users authorized to list or watch one type of namespaced custom resource cluster-wide can read custom resources of a different type in the same API group without authorization. Clusters are impacted by this vulnerability if all of the following are true: 1. There are 2+ CustomResourceDefinitions sharing the same API group 2. Users have cluster-wide list or watch authorization on one of those custom resources. 3. The same users are not authorized to read another custom resource in the same API group.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KU
Kubernetes · Kubernetes
through 1.22.15; 1.23.0 through 1.23.13; 1.24.0 through 1.24.7; 1.25.0 through 1.25.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3162
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3162
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/113756
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/iUd550j7kjA
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0004/
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