CVE-2022-1833 Privilege escalation in AMQ Broker Operator
A low-privilege user can gain cluster-wide edit rights by exploiting excessive permissions in the AMQ Broker Operator service account.
- 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-2022-1833?
CVE-2022-1833 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMQ Broker Operator, published on 21 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in AMQ Broker Operator 7.9.4 installed via UI using OperatorHub where a low-privilege user that has access to the namespace where the AMQ Operator is deployed has access to clusterwide edit rights by checking the secrets. The service account used for building the Operator gives more permission than expected and an attacker could benefit from it. This requires at least an already compromised low-privilege account or insider attack.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1833?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Amq Broker.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1833?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-1833 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1833 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in AMQ Broker Operator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fmxp-97xc-fcmx.