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
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 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-269•Improper 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
- kubernetes•cri-o
< 1.9.0