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SCA: security update for github.com/cilium/cilium (GHSA-fmrf-gvjp-5j5g)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414592

Description

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

 - Cilium is open source software for providing and securing network connectivity and loadbalancing between
 application workloads. Prior to versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.15, if an attacker is able to perform a
 container escape of a container running as root on a host where Cilium is installed, the attacker can
 escalate privileges to cluster admin by using Cilium's Kubernetes service account. The problem has been
 fixed and the patch is available in versions 1.9.16, 1.10.11, and 1.11.5. There are no known workarounds
 available. (CVE-2022-29179)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmrf-gvjp-5j5g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 414592

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 5

Percentile: 95.11

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29179

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29179

cwe: CWE-269