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CVE-2022-27652

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-27652 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting container runtimes like cri-o and Moby (Docker Engine), where containers are incorrectly started with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows a local attacker with access to specific programs to elevate their privileges. The CVSS score is 5.3, indicating a low attack complexity and potential for limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 20.10.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:moby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 66th 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 (4)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/cri-o/cri-oFixed in: 1.24.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10Fixed in: cri-o-0:1.23.2-8.rhaos4.10.git8ad5d25.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9Fixed in: cri-o-0:1.22.5-7.rhaos4.9.git3dbcd3c.el8
View patch
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-4hj2-r2pm-3hc6medium

Incorrect Default Permissions in CRI-O

Apr 22, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-27652Moderate

cri-o: 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 / cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-4hj2-r2pm-3hc6
MitigationThird Party Advisory