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CVE-2022-0532

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0532 is an incorrect sysctls validation vulnerability in CRI-O 1.18 and earlier, affecting Kubernetes CRI-O and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. An attacker with privileges to create a pod with hostIPC and hostNetwork kernel namespaces can apply "safe" sysctls to the host. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.2), this vulnerability requires high attack complexity and low privileges, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0077 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (7)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/cri-o/cri-oFixed in: 1.23.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10Fixed in: cri-o-0:1.23.0-92.rhaos4.10.gitdaab4d1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: cri-o-0:1.20.6-11.rhaos4.7.git76ea3d0.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8Fixed in: cri-o-0:1.21.5-2.rhaos4.8.gitaf64931.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9Fixed in: cri-o-0:1.22.2-2.rhaos4.9.gitb030be8.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6Fixed in: cri-o-0:1.19.5-3.rhaos4.6.git91f8458.el7
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Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-jqmc-79gx-7g8pmedium

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in CRI-O

Feb 11, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-0532Moderate

cri-o: pod with access to 'hostIPC' and 'hostNetwork' kernel namespace allows sysctl from the list of safe sysctls to be applied to the host

Jan 27, 2022

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
kubernetes.io / docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster
Vendor Advisory