# CVE-2022-3466: Cri-o: security regression of cve-2022-27652

> A regression in OpenShift's cri-o component allows attackers with inheritable file capabilities to elevate privileges during execve operations.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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 available:** Yes
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3wr5-8397-gqc8

## What is CVE-2022-3466?

CVE-2022-3466 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 15 Sep 2023. 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

The version of cri-o as released for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.48, 4.10.31, and 4.11.6 via RHBA-2022:6316, RHBA-2022:6257, and RHBA-2022:6658, respectively, included an incorrect version of cri-o missing the fix for CVE-2022-27652, which was previously fixed in OCP 4.9.41 and 4.10.12 via RHBA-2022:5433 and RHSA-2022:1600. This issue could allow an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs. For more details, see https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27652.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3466?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Kubernetes Cri-O, Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3466?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-3466 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform

- [CVE-2022-0811](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0811/): Code Injection in CRI-O (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-1000400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1000400/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-5154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5154/): Cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-2995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2995/): CRI-O incorrect handling of supplementary groups may lead to sensitive information disclosure (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2022-0532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0532/): Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in CRI-O (medium 4.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3466 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3466 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 15 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openshift Container Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3466/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3466/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3466
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3466
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3466

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.