What is CVE-2024-33522?

CVE-2024-33522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tigera Calico, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-04-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-33522?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Tigera Calico

CVE-2024-33522

In vulnerable versions of Calico (v3.27.2 and below), Calico Enterprise (v3.19.0-1, v3.18.1, v3.17.3 and below), and Calico Cloud (v19.2.0 and below), an attacker who has local access to the Kubernetes node, can escalate their privileges b…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.001 (17.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Tigera Calico — versions 0, v3.27.0, v3.28.0
Tigera Calico Cloud — versions 0
Tigera Calico Enterprise — versions 0, v3.18.0, v3.19.0-1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

github.com/projectcalico/calico/issues/7981 (exploit, issue-tracking)
github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/8447 (patch)
github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/8517 (patch)
www.tigera.io/security-bulletins-tta-2024-001/ (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-33522?: CVE-2024-33522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tigera Calico, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-33522?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.