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high 8.8

CVE-2022-38060 json

OpenStack Kolla sudo privilege escalation vulnerability

published 2022-12-21 3 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-rvxr-pf5f-j2qj , PYSEC-2026-838 , EUVD-2022-40665

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the sudo functionality of OpenStack Kolla git master 05194e7618. A misconfiguration in /etc/sudoers within a container can lead to increased privileges.

Patch / fix

  • pypi kolla 15.0.0.0rc1
  • python3-tripleo-common openstack 17.1 15.4.1-17.1.20230927010819.el9ost
  • openstack-tripleo-common openstack 17.1 15.4.1-17.1.20230927010819.el9ost
  • openstack-tripleo-common-devtools openstack 17.1 15.4.1-17.1.20230927010819.el9ost
  • openstack-tripleo-common-containers openstack 17.1 15.4.1-17.1.20230927010819.el9ost
  • openstack-tripleo-common-container-base openstack 17.1 15.4.1-17.1.20230927010819.el9ost
  • python3-tripleo-common openstack 17.1 15.4.1-17.1.20230927003755.el8ost
  • openstack-tripleo-common openstack 17.1 15.4.1-17.1.20230927003755.el8ost
  • openstack-tripleo-common-containers openstack 17.1 15.4.1-17.1.20230927003755.el8ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:0216RHSA-2024:0191

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-38060 updated cvss 7.8

openstack/kolla: sudo privilege escalation vulnerability

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 python3-tripleo-common, openstack-tripleo-common, openstack-tripleo-common-devtools, openstack-tripleo-common-containers, openstack-tripleo-common-container-base Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-tripleo-common, openstack-tripleo-common, openstack-tripleo-common-devtools, openstack-tripleo-common-containers, openstack-tripleo-common-container-base
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0 python3-tripleo-common, openstack-tripleo-common, openstack-tripleo-common-devtools, openstack-tripleo-common-containers, openstack-tripleo-common-container-base
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 python-tcib
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python3-tripleo-common 15.4.1-17.1.20230927003755.el8ost, python3-tripleo-common 15.4.1-17.1.20230927010819.el9ost, openstack-tripleo-common 15.4.1-17.1.20230927003755.el8ost, openstack-tripleo-common 15.4.1-17.1.20230927010819.el9ost, openstack-tripleo-common-devtools 15.4.1-17.1.20230927010819.el9ost, openstack-tripleo-common-containers 15.4.1-17.1.20230927003755.el8ost, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0191

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi kolla
<15.0.0.0rc1
15.0.0.0rc1

Affected products

  • OpenStack OpenStack

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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