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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2022-1706: ignition: configs are accessible from unprivileged containers in VMs running on VMware products

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2022-1706: ignition: configs are accessible from unprivileged containers in VMs running on VMware products

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/17/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/11/2022
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in Ignition where ignition configs are accessible from unprivileged containers in VMs running on VMware products. This issue is only relevant in user environments where the Ignition config contains secrets. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. Possible workaround is to not put secrets in the Ignition config.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-ignition

References

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