CVE-2022-21701 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Istio versions 1.12.0 and 1.12.1, specifically impacting the Alpha-level Kubernetes Gateway API. Users with CREATE permissions for gateways.gateway.networking.k8s.io objects can exploit this to create other unauthorized resources, such as Pods. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:istio:istio:1.12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:istio:istio:1.12.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:istio:istio:1.12.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:istio:istio:1.12.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:istio:istio:1.12.0:beta0:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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