CVE-2022-2990
HIGH7.1EPSS 0.09%Unauthorized file access in github.com/containers/buildah
Published: 9/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/golang-github-containers-buildahfrom 0
- Go/github.com/containers/buildahfrom 0, < 1.27.1
- Go/github.com/containers/buildahfrom 0, < 1.27.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2990
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2990
- ADVISORYhttps://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation/
- PATCHhttps://github.com/containers/buildah
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2990
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2121453
- WEBhttps://github.com/containers/buildah/commit/4a8bf740e862f2438279c6feee2ea59ddf0cda0b
- WEBhttps://github.com/containers/buildah/pull/4200
- WEBhttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1008
- WEBhttps://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation