CVE-2022-29179

Improper Privilege Management in Cilium

Published May 20, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cilium is open source software for providing and securing network connectivity and loadbalancing between application workloads. Prior to versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.15, if an attacker is able to perform a container escape of a container running as root on a host where Cilium is installed, the attacker can escalate privileges to cluster admin by using Cilium's Kubernetes service account. The problem has been fixed and the patch is available in versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.5. There are no known workarounds available.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3809 Cilium is open source software for providing and securing network connectivity and loadbalancing between application workloads. Prior to versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.15, if an attacker is able to perform a container escape of a container running as root on a host where Cilium is installed, the attacker can escalate privileges to cluster admin by using Cilium's Kubernetes service account. The problem has been fixed and the patch is available in versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.5. There are no known workarounds available.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fmrf-gvjp-5j5g Improper Privilege Management in Cilium
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00212}

epss

{'score': 0.00218}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 23, 2025, 6:24 PM
Reserved
Apr 13, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 20, 2022, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:39 AM