Bug 2117872 (CVE-2022-1798) - CVE-2022-1798 kubeVirt: Arbitrary file read on the host from KubeVirt VMs
Summary: CVE-2022-1798 kubeVirt: Arbitrary file read on the host from KubeVirt VMs
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-1798
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2119431 2121086 2121087 2122660 2128228
Blocks: 2117873
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Reported: 2022-08-12 10:53 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2023-01-27 21:52 UTC (History)
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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.
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Last Closed: 2023-01-27 21:52:12 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6351 0 None None None 2022-09-06 14:01:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6526 0 None None None 2022-09-14 19:28:17 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6681 0 None None None 2022-09-22 08:17:01 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6890 0 None None None 2022-10-11 16:04:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0408 0 None None None 2023-01-24 13:35:59 UTC

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
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