CVE-2022-1677 Misconfiguration in Openshift
Attackers with route modification permissions can inject malformed HAProxy entries to redirect cluster traffic to arbitrary applications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1677?
CVE-2022-1677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 1 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In OpenShift Container Platform, a user with permissions to create or modify Routes can craft a payload that inserts a malformed entry into one of the cluster router's HAProxy configuration files. This malformed entry can match any arbitrary hostname, or all hostnames in the cluster, and direct traffic to an arbitrary application within the cluster, including one under attacker control.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1677?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Openshift Container Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1677?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-1677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform
- CVE-2020-27836 Missing authorization in cluster-ingress-operator
- CVE-2018-1085 Misconfiguration in openshift-ansible
- CVE-2026-54099 Privilege escalation in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- CVE-2026-1784 Ose-cluster-ingress-operator: remote code execution through haproxy configuration injection
- CVE-2021-20182 Privilege escalation in openshift
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qq85-wpwr-7p33.