CVE-2022-2385

HIGH

aws-iam-authenticator - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A security issue was discovered in aws-iam-authenticator where an allow-listed IAM identity may be able to modify their username and escalate privileges.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator/issues/472
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/dev/c/EMxHpU-1ZYs

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0084
EPSS Percentile 53.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
kubernetes/aws-iam-authenticator 0.5.2 - 0.5.9
sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator 0 - 0.5.9Go
Published Jul 12, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026