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CVE-2022-29178 json

Incorrect Default Permissions in Cilium

published 4y ago modified last mo. also BIT-cilium-2022-29178 , BIT-cilium-operator-2022-29178 , BIT-cilium-proxy-2022-29178 , BIT-hubble-2022-29178 , BIT-hubble-relay-2022-29178 , BIT-hubble-ui-2022-29178 , BIT-hubble-ui-backend-2022-29178 , EUVD-2022-2834 , GHSA-6p8v-8cq8-v2r3 , GO-2022-0457

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cilium is open source software for providing and securing network connectivity and loadbalancing between application workloads. Cilium prior to versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.15 contains an incorrect default permissions vulnerability. Operating Systems with users belonging to the group ID 1000 can access the API of Cilium via Unix domain socket available on the host where Cilium is running. This could allow malicious users to compromise integrity as well as system availability on that host. The problem has been fixed and the patch is available in versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.5. A potential workaround is to modify Cilium's DaemonSet to run with a certain command, which can be found in the GitHub Security Advisory for this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/cilium/cilium 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5
  • bitnami cilium 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5
  • bitnami cilium-operator 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5
  • bitnami cilium-proxy 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5
  • bitnami hubble 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5
  • bitnami hubble-relay 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5
  • bitnami hubble-ui 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5
  • bitnami hubble-ui-backend 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5
  • cilium cilium 1.9.16, 1.10.11, 1.11.5

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/cilium/cilium
>=1.11.0, <1.11.5
>=1.10.0, <1.10.11
<1.9.16
1.11.5
1.10.11
1.9.16
bitnami cilium
<1.9.16
>=1.10.0, <1.10.11
>=1.11.0, <1.11.5
1.9.16
1.10.11
1.11.5
bitnami cilium-operator
<1.9.16
>=1.10.0, <1.10.11
>=1.11.0, <1.11.5
1.9.16
1.10.11
1.11.5
bitnami cilium-proxy
<1.9.16
>=1.10.0, <1.10.11
>=1.11.0, <1.11.5
1.9.16
1.10.11
1.11.5
bitnami hubble
<1.9.16
>=1.10.0, <1.10.11
>=1.11.0, <1.11.5
1.9.16
1.10.11
1.11.5
bitnami hubble-relay
<1.9.16
>=1.10.0, <1.10.11
>=1.11.0, <1.11.5
1.9.16
1.10.11
1.11.5
bitnami hubble-ui
<1.9.16
>=1.10.0, <1.10.11
>=1.11.0, <1.11.5
1.9.16
1.10.11
1.11.5
bitnami hubble-ui-backend
<1.9.16
>=1.10.0, <1.10.11
>=1.11.0, <1.11.5
1.9.16
1.10.11
1.11.5

Affected products

  • cilium cilium

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

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