8.2

CVE-2022-29179: Improper Privilege Management in Cilium

Modified
AliasesGHSA-fmrf-gvjp-5j5gBIT-cilium-2022-29179BIT-cilium-operator-2022-29179
Published 20-05-2022Last modified 23-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-29179 is a high (CVSS 8.2) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in cilium. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 5
CGA-22C8-MRMM-4HQ4CGA-2454-9PV6-223GCGA-46CM-6Q3W-JMRGCGA-6C3H-8RM9-J2JGCGA-98CH-C347-2QW5

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.36% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard17 products
  • cilium-1.15All versions (No fix recorded)
  • cilium-1.15-clustermesh-apiserverAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • cilium-1.15-container-initAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • cilium-1.15-container-init-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • cilium-1.15-hubble-relayAll versions (No fix recorded)
Cilium1 product
  • cilium< 1.9.16 | ≥ 1.10.0, < 1.10.11 | ≥ 1.11.0, < 1.11.5
Github.com/cilium1 product
  • cilium≥ 1.10.0, < 1.10.11 | < 1.9.16 | ≥ 1.11.0, < 1.11.5

3 vendors · 19 products

References

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