CVE-2022-2989: redhat enterprise_linux Placement of User into Incorrect Group
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-2989 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Placement of User into Incorrect Group vulnerability in redhat enterprise_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 4Timeline
- 13-09-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-06-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Podman container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.32%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
25%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.32% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (benthamsgaze.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-842Placement of User into Incorrect GroupThe product or the administrator places a user into an incorrect group.
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationThe product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse6 products
- podman&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 3.4.7-150300.9.12.1
- podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1< 3.4.7-150300.9.12.1
- podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 3.4.7-150300.9.12.1
- podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3< 3.4.7-150400.4.6.1
- podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3< 3.4.7-150300.9.12.1
Opensuse4 products
- podman&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 3.4.7-150300.9.12.1
- podman&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 3.4.7-150400.4.6.1
- podman&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2< 3.4.7-150300.9.12.1
- podman&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.3.1-1.1
Github.com/containers/podman2 products
- v3< 3.0.1
- v4< 4.2.0
Redhat2 products
- enterprise_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
- openshift_container_platform3.11 | 4.0
Alpine1 product
- podman< 4.3.0-r0
Debian1 product
- libpod< 4.3.1+ds1-4
Ubuntu1 product
- libpodAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.4.4+ds1-1ubuntu1.22.04.2
7 vendors · 17 products
References
21 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2121445X Refsource MISCREPORTWEBExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation/X Refsource MISCREPORTExploitThird Party Advisory
Show all 21 references
- github.com/containers/podmanPACKAGE