Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateAug 21
Description
A vulnerability was found in cri-o. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Fedora 36, 37, Openshift Container Platform 4.11, 4.12
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
CRI-O vulnerable to /etc/passwd tampering resulting in Privilege Escalation in github.com/cri-o/cri-o↗2024-08-21