CVE-2022-38065 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the oslo.privsep functionality of OpenStack git master 05194e7618 and prior. Overly permissive functionality within tools leveraging this library within a container can lead increased privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00121.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Redhat	Openstack

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40670	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the oslo.privsep functionality of OpenStack git master 05194e7618 and prior. Overly permissive functionality within tools leveraging this library within a container can lead increased privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/oslo.privsep/+bug/1989008
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38065
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1599
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38065

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2022-12-21T23:14:33.786Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T18:38:04.748Z

Reserved: 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38065

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:45:52.535Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-21T11:15:10.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:15:42.510

Link: CVE-2022-38065

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-38065 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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