Name: CVE-2022-0811: Improper Control of Generation of Code
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-0811, CWE-94, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.21215

A flaw was found in CRI-O in the way it set kernel options for a pod. This issue allows anyone with rights to deploy a pod on a Kubernetes cluster that uses the CRI-O runtime to achieve a container escape and arbitrary code execution as root on the cluster node, where the malicious pod was deployed.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade cri-o	Aug 8, 2025	Mar 16, 2022
Oracle_linux	—	Upgrade cri-o	Mar 18, 2022	Mar 16, 2022
Redhat Openshift	—	Upgrade cri-o	Mar 17, 2022	Mar 15, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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