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CVE-2022-0532
Published:February 09, 2022
Updated:May 25, 2026
An incorrect sysctls validation vulnerability was found in CRI-O 1.18 and earlier. The sysctls from the list of "safe" sysctls specified for the cluster will be applied to the host if an attacker is able to create a pod with a hostIPC and hostNetwork kernel namespace.
Related Resources (7)
https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o
https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/releases/tag/v1.23.1
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/#enabling-unsafe-sysctls
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051730
https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pull/5610
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jqmc-79gx-7g8p
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0532
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
2.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-732
EPSS
Base Score:
0.18