What is CVE-2022-38060?

CVE-2022-38060 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Kolla, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-38060?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in OpenStack Kolla

CVE-2022-38060

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the sudo functionality of OpenStack Kolla git master 05194e7618. A misconfiguration in /etc/sudoers within a container can lead to increased privileges.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-12-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

OpenStack Kolla
OpenStack — versions git master 05194e7618

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1589 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38060?: CVE-2022-38060 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Kolla, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-38060?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.