🛡️ CVE-2022-1227 on Debian — golang-github-containers-psgo

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-1227 as tracked by Debian, for the package golang-github-containers-psgo. The fix is available in version 1.7.1+ds1-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1227 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • golang-github-containers-psgo (fixed in 1.7.1+ds1-1)
  • libpod (fixed in 3.4.7+ds1-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 April 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-1227 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-04-29
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
golang-github-containers-psgo — 1.7.1+ds1-1
libpod — 3.4.7+ds1-1

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