CVE-2022-1227

HIGH

Podman < 4.0.0 - Privilege Escalation via Malicious Image in 'podman top' Command

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-1227. PoCs published by LouisLiuNova.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a working proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-1227, which leverages a vulnerability in Podman to break PID and network namespace isolation. The exploit demonstrates both a simple process kill across namespaces and a full socket-based communication escape.

Description

A privilege escalation flaw was found in Podman. This flaw allows an attacker to publish a malicious image to a public registry. Once this image is downloaded by a potential victim, the vulnerability is triggered after a user runs the 'podman top' command. This action gives the attacker access to the host filesystem, leading to information disclosure or denial of service.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by LouisLiuNova · poc
https://github.com/LouisLiuNova/CVE-2022-1227_Exploit

This repository contains a working proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-1227, which leverages a vulnerability in Podman to break PID and network namespace isolation. The exploit demonstrates both a simple process kill across namespaces and a full socket-based communication escape.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Podman < 4.0.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Podman installed with version < 4.0.0 · Ubuntu 20.10 recommended · Container running with --userns=keep-id
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.3327
EPSS Percentile 97.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269 CWE-281
Status published
Products (22)
containers/podman 0 - 3.4Go
containers/psgo 0 - 1.7.2Go
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
podman_project/podman < 4.0.0
psgo_project/psgo < 1.7.2
redhat/developer_tools 1.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus 8.6
... and 12 more
Published Apr 29, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026