Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2022 · Assigned by Google

CVE-2022-1798Path Traversal vulnerability in Kubevirt

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation in Kubevirt from Google LLC. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.7High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gokubevirt.io/kubevirt0.55.1GHSA-cvx8-ppmc-78hm
Gokubevirt.io/kubevirt0.55.1GHSA-qv98-3369-g364

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google LLC Kubevirt unspecified – before 0.55.1unspecified – before 0.56.0

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

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