CVE-2022-2990
Publication date 13 September 2022
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Buildah container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| golang-github-containers-buildah | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation/
- https://github.com/containers/buildah/pull/4200
- https://github.com/containers/buildah/commit/9934b17365083ce966b44c5ce3c7e052f516e255
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2121453
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2990