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CVE-2022-24778

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-24778 is a high-severity authorization bypass vulnerability affecting imgcrypt versions prior to 1.1.4, including those used in Fedora. It allows unauthorized users to run previously decrypted container images if the image uses a ManifestList and the host architecture is not the first in the list. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating that it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:imgcrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0268 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (17)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/imgcryptFixed in: 1.1.4
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11Fixed in: openshift4/kubernetes-nmstate-rhel8-operator:v4.11.0-202208020235.p0.ga6744d1.assembly.stream
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHACS-3.73-RHEL-8Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8:3.73.0-4
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/special-resource-rhel8-operator
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/prometheus-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/rbac-query-proxy-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-docker-builder
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-hypershift-rhel9
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-openshift-proxy-pull-test-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-scanner-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/endpoint-monitoring-rhel8-operator
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/multicluster-operators-channel-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-release-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-vsphere-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-machine-api-provider-openstack-rhel9

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-8v99-48m9-c8pmhigh

Incorrect Authorization in imgcrypt

Mar 28, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-24778Important

imgcrypt: Unauthorized access to encryted container image on a shared system due to missing check in CheckAuthorization() code path

Mar 25, 2022

References

github.com / containerd/imgcrypt/commit/6fdd9818a4d8142107b7ecd767d839c9707700d9
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / containerd/imgcrypt/issues/69
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / containerd/imgcrypt/releases/tag/v1.1.4
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / containerd/imgcrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-8v99-48m9-c8pm
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4SJUNSC7YZLA745EMKWK2GKEV57GE52K
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TAHAAOOA3KZJC2I5WHCR3XVBJBNWTWUE
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZFTJR5CR5EOYDVOSBZEMLBHLJRTPJPUA