CVE-2022-27649
A flaw was found in Podman, where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty default permissions. A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine), where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-276
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-1821)
- Published
- April 4, 2022
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-1821 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 3, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- podman project / podman
- redhat / developer tools
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian eus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server tus
- redhat / enterprise linux server tus
- redhat / enterprise linux server update services for sap solutions
- redhat / enterprise linux server update services for sap solutions
- redhat / openshift container platform
Certified products that may be affected
24 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5513 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, LLC - FIPS 140 5461 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5089 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11309-2024 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4642 - historical
See all 24 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066568(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/aafa80918a245edcbdaceb1191d749570f1872d0(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-qvf8-p83w-v58j(Third Party Advisory)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KDETHL5XCT6RZN2BBNOCEXRZ2W3SFU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLUJZV3HBP56ADXU6QH2V7RNYUPMVBXQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J5WPM42UR6XIBQNQPNQHM32X7S4LJTRX/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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