CVE-2022-22189 Privilege escalation in Contrail Service Orchestration

High 7.3 Published Updated

An authenticated local user can elevate permissions and take control of the system via the management interface without further authentication.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-22189?

CVE-2022-22189 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Networks Contrail Service Orchestration, published on 14 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An Incorrect Ownership Assignment vulnerability in Juniper Networks Contrail Service Orchestration (CSO) allows a locally authenticated user to have their permissions elevated without authentication thereby taking control of the local system they are currently authenticated to. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Contrail Service Orchestration 6.0.0 versions prior to 6.0.0 Patch v3 on On-premises installations. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Contrail Service Orchestration On-premises versions prior to 6.0.0.

Weakness: CWE-708, CWE-288

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22189?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Juniper Contrail Service Orchestration.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22189?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-22189 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mr95-wr78-6g74.

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