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

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

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/17/2022
Created
11/16/2022
Added
11/16/2022
Modified
12/15/2023

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-ignition
  • redhat-upgrade-ignition-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ignition-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-ignition-validate-debuginfo

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