CVE-2022-1798 (GCVE-0-2022-1798)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-15 15:45 – Updated: 2025-04-21 13:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Path Traversal vulnerability in Kubevirt
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability in KubeVirt versions up to 0.56 (and 0.55.1) on all platforms allows a user able to configure the kubevirt to read arbitrary files on the host filesystem which are publicly readable or which are readable for UID 107 or GID 107. /proc/self/<> is not accessible.
Severity
8.7 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-21 13:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | Kubevirt |
Affected:
unspecified , < 0.55.1
(custom)
Affected: unspecified , < 0.56.0 (custom) |
guessed |
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