Bug 2117872 (CVE-2022-1798)

Summary:	CVE-2022-1798 kubeVirt: Arbitrary file read on the host from KubeVirt VMs
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	danken, dvossel, fdeutsch, jlejosne, security-response-team, sgott
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	An arbitrary file read vulnerability was found in the kubeVirt API. This flaw makes it possible to use the kubeVirt API to provide access to host files (like /etc/passwd, for example) in a KubeVirt VM as a disk device that can be written to and read from.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-01-27 21:52:12 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2119431, 2121086, 2121087, 2122660, 2128228
Bug Blocks:	2117873

Description Avinash Hanwate 2022-08-12 10:53:28 UTC

The kubeVirt API is affected by an arbitrary file read vulnerability. It is possible to use the KubeVirt API to provide access to host files (like /etc/passwd for example) in a KubeVirt VM as a disk device that can be written to and read from.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2022-09-06 14:01:52 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEL-8-CNV-4.10

Via RHSA-2022:6351 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6351

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2022-09-14 19:28:15 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEL-8-CNV-4.11

Via RHSA-2022:6526 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6526

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2022-09-22 08:16:58 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEL-8-CNV-4.9

Via RHSA-2022:6681 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6681

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-11 16:04:54 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEL-8-CNV-4.8

Via RHSA-2022:6890 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6890

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2023-01-24 13:35:55 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEL-8-CNV-4.12

Via RHSA-2023:0408 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0408

Comment 17 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-01-27 21:52:10 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-1798