# CVE-2024-33522: GO-2024-2801 - Calico privilege escalation vulnerability in github.com/projectcalico/calico

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-33522-calico-privilege-escalation-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-06-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-33522 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-06-10

Calico privilege escalation vulnerability in github.com/projectcalico/calico

Technologies: [github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-projectcalico-calico), [github.com/projectcalico/calico/v3 (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-projectcalico-calico-v3). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-33522 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-33522 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-33522?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 10 June 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=3.26.5; github.com/projectcalico/calico/v3 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-33522?** Yes. github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go): upgrade to 3.26.5 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-33522?** Check whether you run github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go) or github.com/projectcalico/calico/v3 (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/projectcalico/calico (Go): upgrade to 3.26.5 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/projectcalico/calico@v3.26.5
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=3.26.5
- github.com/projectcalico/calico/v3 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-33522
- GHSA-6362-gv4m-53ww
- GO-2024-2801

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