CVE-2018-1000400

cri-o: capabilities are not dropped when switching to a non-root user

Published May 18, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 8.8 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Kubernetes CRI-O version prior to 1.9 contains a Privilege Context Switching Error (CWE-270) vulnerability in the handling of ambient capabilities that can result in containers running with elevated privileges, allowing users abilities they should not have. This attack appears to be exploitable via container execution. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.9.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-1897 Kubernetes CRI-O version prior to 1.9 contains a Privilege Context Switching Error (CWE-270) vulnerability in the handling of ambient capabilities that can result in containers running with elevated privileges, allowing users abilities they should not have. This attack appears to be exploitable via container execution. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.9.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 12:40 PM
Reserved
May 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 18, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:32 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 27, 2018, 12:00 AM