CVE-2022-29178
Incorrect Default Permissions in Cilium
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/cilium/ciliumGHSA-6p8v-8cq8-v2r3 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-6p8v-8cq8-v2r3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.10.11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.11.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.9.16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6p8v-8cq8-v2r3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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