VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-1000400

CVSS score8.8 HIGH

EPSS probability1.97%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2018-05-18

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

Kubernetes CRI-O version prior to 1.9 contains a Privilege Context Switching Error (CWE-270) vulnerability in the handling of ambient capabilities that can result in containers running with elevated privileges, allowing users abilities they should not have. This attack appears to be exploitable via container execution. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.9.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory