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CVE-2022-1798

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1798 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting KubeVirt versions up to 0.56 and 0.55.1. An authenticated user with KubeVirt configuration privileges can exploit this to read arbitrary files on the host filesystem that are publicly readable or accessible to UID 107 or GID 107. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this local attack requires low privileges and has high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.20.0, < 0.55.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubevirt:kubevirt:*:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.7HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 (22)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: kubevirt.io/kubevirtFixed in: 0.55.1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kubevirt 0.55.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 0.55.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19491-16823Fixed in: 0.55.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-artifacts-server:v4.10.5-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-controller:v4.10.5-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler:v4.10.5-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-launcher:v4.10.5-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-operator:v4.10.5-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.12Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-api:v4.12.0-255
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.12Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-artifacts-server:v4.12.0-255
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.12Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-controller:v4.12.0-255
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.12Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler:v4.12.0-255
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.12Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-launcher:v4.12.0-255
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.12Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-operator:v4.12.0-255
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-api:v4.9.6-9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-artifacts-server:v4.9.6-9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-controller:v4.9.6-9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler:v4.9.6-9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-launcher:v4.9.6-9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.9Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-operator:v4.9.6-9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8-CNV-4.10Fixed in: container-native-virtualization/virt-api:v4.10.5-3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-1798Moderate

Path Traversal vulnerability in Kubevirt

Sep 13, 2022
goGHSA-cvx8-ppmc-78hmmedium

Duplicate Advisory: KubeVirt arbitrary host file read from the VM

Aug 18, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-1798Important

kubeVirt: Arbitrary file read on the host from KubeVirt VMs

Aug 8, 2022

References

github.com / kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-qv98-3369-g364
ExploitMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory