RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.35 (RHSA-2022:0871)

high Nessus Plugin ID 312544

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.35.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0871 advisory.

- CRI-O: Arbitrary code execution in cri-o via abusing kernel.core_pattern kernel parameter (CVE-2022-0811)

- workflow-cps: OS command execution through crafted SCM contents (CVE-2022-25173)

- workflow-cps-global-lib: OS command execution through crafted SCM contents (CVE-2022-25174)

- workflow-multibranch: OS command execution through crafted SCM contents (CVE-2022-25175)

- workflow-cps: Pipeline-related plugins follow symbolic links or do not limit path names (CVE-2022-25176)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHCOS OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.35 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:0871.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 312544

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2022-0871.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 5/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0811

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25183

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-o, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jenkins-2-plugins, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:coreos

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0811, CVE-2022-25173, CVE-2022-25174, CVE-2022-25175, CVE-2022-25176, CVE-2022-25177, CVE-2022-25178, CVE-2022-25179, CVE-2022-25180, CVE-2022-25181, CVE-2022-25182, CVE-2022-25183, CVE-2022-25184, CVE-2022-29036, CVE-2022-29046

CWE: 179, 522, 59, 78, 79, 94

RHSA: 2022:0871

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