CVE-2022-1798: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

September 15, 2022 (updated September 19, 2022)

A path traversal vulnerability in KubeVirt versions up to 0.56 (and 0.55.1) on all platforms allows a user able to configure the kubevirt to read arbitrary files on the host filesystem which are publicly readable or which are readable for UID 107 or GID 107. /proc/self/<> is not accessible.

References

github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-qv98-3369-g364
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1798

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