Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-38060 is a high-severity privilege escalation issue in OpenStack Kolla at git master 05194e7618. A sudoers misconfiguration inside a container could let an already low-privileged local user gain higher privileges, potentially affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the containerized environment.
Executive priority
Prioritize if your organization runs OpenStack Kolla from source or unreleased master builds. The issue can turn limited container access into higher privileges, but current evidence does not show known active exploitation.
Technical view
The source describes CWE-269 improper privilege management in OpenStack Kolla sudo functionality. CVSS 3.1 is 8.8 with local access, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, changed scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to deployments or container images built from OpenStack Kolla git master 05194e7618, or equivalent configurations carrying the same sudoers misconfiguration. The provided sources do not identify broader OpenStack release ranges.
Exploitation context
The CVE record is not marked as CISA KEV, and the provided bundle gives no cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access in the affected container context, not remote unauthenticated access.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow: the affected version is a specific Kolla git master commit, and no patch identifier is included in the bundle. Avoid extrapolating to all OpenStack deployments without confirming Kolla build provenance and sudoers configuration.
Mitigation direction
- Check OpenStack Kolla and Talos guidance for the corrected commit or release.
- Rebuild and redeploy affected container images from trusted fixed sources.
- Restrict interactive access to potentially affected containers until remediated.
- Review container sudoers configuration against vendor-maintained expected configuration.
- Monitor privileged activity from low-privileged container accounts.
Validation and detection
- Inventory OpenStack Kolla images built from git master 05194e7618.
- Identify containers using Kolla sudo functionality and custom sudoers content.
- Confirm whether deployed sudoers files match vulnerable vendor-described configuration.
- Verify remediation by comparing deployed images against vendor fixed guidance.
- Review logs for unexpected privilege changes inside affected containers.
Public sources used
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CWE-269: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H26Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589CVE reference
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Privilege Management
Improper Privilege Management represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.