CVE-2018-1000400

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-1000400
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-18 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionKubernetes 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kubernetes Cri-o All All All All
Application Kubernetes Cri-o All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[1.9] Remove ambient capabilities by mrunalp · Pull Request #1558 · cri-o/cri-o · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Kubernetes CRI-O CVE-2018-1000400 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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