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CVE-2022-27650

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-27650 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting crun and Moby (Docker Engine) that allows containers to be started with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw enables an attacker with access to programs possessing inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set during program execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires low privileges and high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:crun_project:crun:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:rhel8-8060020220401155929.2e213529
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:3.0-8060020220404111443.2e213529
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: crun

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-27650Moderate

crun: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty

Mar 30, 2022

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / containers/crun/commit/1aeeed2e4fdeffb4875c0d0b439915894594c8c6
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / containers/crun/security/advisories/GHSA-wr4f-w546-m398
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HYIGABCZ7ZHAG2XCOGITTQRJU2ASWMFA