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CVE-2022-29178

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29178 is an incorrect default permissions vulnerability in Cilium, affecting versions prior to 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.15. Malicious users belonging to group ID 1000 on the operating system can access Cilium's API via a Unix domain socket, potentially compromising system integrity and availability. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.2, indicating a local attack vector with low 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.9.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.10.0, < 1.10.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.11.0, < 1.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 358 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/cilium/ciliumFixed in: 1.11.5
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/cilium/ciliumFixed in: 1.10.11
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/cilium/ciliumFixed in: 1.9.16
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-6p8v-8cq8-v2r3high

Access to Unix domain socket can lead to privileges escalation in Cilium

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.10.11
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.11.5
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.9.16
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-6p8v-8cq8-v2r3
MitigationThird Party Advisory