CVE-2022-38060

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the sudo functionality of OpenStack Kolla git master 05194e7618. A misconfiguration in /etc/sudoers within a container can lead to increased privileges.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589	Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openstack:kolla:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 May 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~7.8~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.8

21 Nov 2024, 07:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589 - Third Party Advisory

21 Jul 2023, 20:32

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
CWE	~~CWE-269~~	CWE-426
References	~~(MISC) https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589 -~~	(MISC) https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589 - Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:openstack:kolla:-:::::::*

21 Dec 2022, 13:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-12-21 11:15

Updated : 2025-05-07 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-38060

Mitre link : CVE-2022-38060

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-38060

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openstack

kolla

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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