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CVE-2022-2990

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2990 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Buildah container engine, affecting Buildah, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and OpenShift Container Platform. It stems from incorrect handling of supplementary groups, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure or data modification. An attacker requires direct access to an affected container where supplementary groups are used for access control and the ability to execute binary code. While rated with a CVSS score of 7.1, there is currently no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.27.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:buildah_project:buildah:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 16,994 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 (16)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containers/buildahFixed in: 1.27.1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18833-17084Fixed in: 1.18.0-24
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 1.18.0-24
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 buildah 1.18.0-24 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 1.18.0-24
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 1.18.0-17
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 1.18.0-17
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 1.18.0-24
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: podman-2:4.2.0-7.el9_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:rhel8-8070020221026183352.489fc8e9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: buildah-1:1.27.0-2.el9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Fixed in: buildah-1:1.29.1-1.rhaos4.13.el9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:rhel8-8070020220929222448.39077419
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: buildah
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:3.0/buildah
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:4.0/buildah

Vendor Advisories (4)

microsoft2024-Jun/CVE-2022-2990

CVE-2022-2990

Jun 11, 2024
goGHSA-fjm8-m7m6-2fjphigh

Buildah's incorrect handling of the supplementary groups may lead to data disclosure, modification

Sep 14, 2022
microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-2990Important

An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Buildah container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.

Sep 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-2990Low

buildah: possible information disclosure and modification

Aug 22, 2022

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
benthamsgaze.org / 2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation
ExploitThird Party Advisory