Resource exhaustion in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform
CVE-2022-1677
In OpenShift Container Platform, a user with permissions to create or modify Routes can craft a payload that inserts a malformed entry into one of the cluster router's HAProxy configuration files. This malformed entry can match any arbitrary hostname, or all hostnames in the cluster, and direct traffic to an arbitrary application within the cluster, including one under attacker control.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Redhat Openshift_container_platform — versions 3.11, 4.6, 4.7
- N/a Openshift — versions Openshift 3.11 and 4.6 onwards
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-1677?
- CVE-2022-1677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift Container Platform, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-09-01.
- How severe is CVE-2022-1677?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.