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title: "CVE-2022-2990\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2022-2990

Publication date 13 September 2022

Last updated 11 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.1 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2990?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| golang-github-containers-buildah | 26.04 LTS resolute | Needs evaluation |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 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 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.1 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.1 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2990)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2990)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-2990)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2990)

### 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>