vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2022-1706: ignition: configs are accessible from unprivileged containers in VMs running on VMware products
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | May 17, 2022 | Aug 11, 2022 | Jun 17, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 17, 2022
Added
Aug 11, 2022
Modified
Jun 17, 2026
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
linuxrpm-upgrade-ignition
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