CVE-2022-29179

highpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.36% (30th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
30 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.2
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.5 · impact 6
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 6
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USCWE-269US
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affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (9)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-fmrf-gvjp-5j5gImproper Privilege Management in Cilium2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact 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 leverage Cilium's Kubernetes service account to gain access to cluster privileges that are more permissive than what is minimally required to operate Cilium. In affected releases, this service account had access to modify and delete `Pod` and `Node` resources. ### Patches The problem has been fixed and is available on versions >=1.9.16, >=1.10.11, >=1.11.5 ### Workarounds There are no workarounds available. ### Acknowledgements The Cilium community has worked together with members of Isovalent, Amazon and Palo Alto Networks to prepare these mitigations. Special thanks to Micah Hausler (AWS), Robert Clark (AWS), Yuval Avrahami (Palo Alto Networks), and Shaul Ben Hai (Palo Alto Networks) for their cooperation. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: Email us at [security@cilium.io](mailto:security@cilium.io)

  • BIT-cilium-2022-29179Improper Privilege Management in Cilium2024-05-15vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • BIT-cilium-operator-2022-29179Improper Privilege Management in Cilium2024-05-15vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • BIT-cilium-proxy-2022-291792024-07-01vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • BIT-hubble-2022-291792024-06-04vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • BIT-hubble-relay-2022-29179Improper Privilege Management in Cilium2024-05-24vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • BIT-hubble-ui-2022-291792024-07-01vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • BIT-hubble-ui-backend-2022-291792024-07-01vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • GO-2022-0458Improper Privilege Management in Cilium in github.com/cilium/cilium2024-08-21vendor · osvUS

    Improper Privilege Management in Cilium in github.com/cilium/cilium

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cnnvdenisa_euvdosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2022-05-20modified 2026-06-17
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references (13)

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