🛡️ CVE-2022-3162 on Ubuntu — kubernetes

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

Users authorized to list or watch one type of namespaced custom resource cluster-wide can read custom resources of a different type in the same API group without authorization. Clusters are impacted by this vulnerability if all of the following are true: 1. There are 2+ CustomResourceDefinitions sharing the same API group 2. Users have cluster-wide list or watch authorization on one of those custom resources. 3. The same users are not authorized to read another custom resource in the same API group.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-3162 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package kubernetes. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: kubernetes. Published on 1 March 2023 and last revised on 14 July 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2022-3162 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-03-01
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-07-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kubernetes — —

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