CVE-2022-0811

HIGH

CRI-O 1.19.0-1.19.5 - Container Escape and Arbitrary Code Execution via Pod Kernel Options

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-0811. PoCs published by spiarh.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a Kubernetes admission webhook designed to mitigate CVE-2022-0811 by blocking pod creation if sysctl values contain '+' or '=' characters, which could be exploited for container escapes. The PoC includes a Go-based webhook server and test cases to validate the functionality.

Description

A flaw was found in CRI-O in the way it set kernel options for a pod. This issue allows anyone with rights to deploy a pod on a Kubernetes cluster that uses the CRI-O runtime to achieve a container escape and arbitrary code execution as root on the cluster node, where the malicious pod was deployed.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 8 stars
by spiarh · poc
https://github.com/spiarh/webhook-cve-2022-0811

This repository contains a Kubernetes admission webhook designed to mitigate CVE-2022-0811 by blocking pod creation if sysctl values contain '+' or '=' characters, which could be exploited for container escapes. The PoC includes a Go-based webhook server and test cases to validate the functionality.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Kubernetes (versions affected by CVE-2022-0811)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to a Kubernetes cluster with permissions to create pods · Ability to deploy admission webhooks
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2059475

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.2277
EPSS Percentile 96.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (2)
cri-o/cri-o 1.19.0 - 1.19.6Go
kubernetes/cri-o 1.19.0 - 1.19.6
Published Mar 16, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026