CVE-2022-37968

CRITICAL

Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Microsoft has identified a vulnerability affecting the cluster connect feature of Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated user to elevate their privileges and potentially gain administrative control over the Kubernetes cluster. Additionally, because Azure Stack Edge allows customers to deploy Kubernetes workloads on their devices via Azure Arc, Azure Stack Edge devices are also vulnerable to this vulnerability.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37968

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37968

Scores

CVSS v3 10.0

EPSS 0.0266

EPSS Percentile 84.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (5)

microsoft/azure_arc-enabled_kubernetes 1.5.8

microsoft/azure_arc-enabled_kubernetes 1.6.19

microsoft/azure_arc-enabled_kubernetes 1.7.18

microsoft/azure_arc-enabled_kubernetes 1.8.11

microsoft/azure_stack_edge

Published Oct 11, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026