CVE-2018-1000400

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 1
Downstream
Modified
Published: 18 May 2018, 18:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 12:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.88% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 May 2018, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 12:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0HIGHScore: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0MEDIUMScore: 6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.88% Percentile: 76%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

    The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Systems

  • kubernetescri-o

    < 1.9.0

References (2)