CVE-2022-3162: GO-2023-1628 - Kubernetes vulnerable to path traversal in k8s.io/kubernetes

Quick answers

Is CVE-2022-3162 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-3162 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2022-3162?

Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 20 August 2024.

Which products and versions are affected?

github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (Go) SEMVER:introduced=1.25.0,fixed=1.25.4; k8s.io/kubernetes (Go) SEMVER:introduced=1.22.0,fixed=1.22.16,introduced=1.23.0,fixed=1.23.14,introduced=1.24.0,fixed=1.24.8,introduced=1.25.0,fixed=1.25.4.

Is there a fix for CVE-2022-3162?

Yes. github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (Go): upgrade to 1.25.4 or later; k8s.io/kubernetes (Go): upgrade to 1.25.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2022-3162?

Check whether you run github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (Go) or k8s.io/kubernetes (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

• github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (Go): upgrade to 1.25.4 or later

  go get github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes@v1.25.4

• k8s.io/kubernetes (Go): upgrade to 1.25.4 or later

  go get k8s.io/kubernetes@v1.25.4

Affected products

• github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (Go) SEMVER:introduced=1.25.0,fixed=1.25.4
• k8s.io/kubernetes (Go) SEMVER:introduced=1.22.0,fixed=1.22.16,introduced=1.23.0,fixed=1.23.14,introduced=1.24.0,fixed=1.24.8,introduced=1.25.0,fixed=1.25.4

Identifiers

• CVE-2022-3162
• GHSA-2394-5535-8j88
• GO-2023-1628