SCA: security update for github.com/cri-o/cri-o (GHSA-cm9x-c3rh-7rc4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413968

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A vulnerability was found in cri-o. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by
use of a specially crafted environment variable. (CVE-2022-4318)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cm9x-c3rh-7rc4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413968

Version: Revision 1.17

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4318

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4318