CVE-2022-0811

A flaw was found in CRI-O in the way it set kernel options for a pod. This issue allows anyone with rights to deploy a pod on a Kubernetes cluster that uses the CRI-O runtime to achieve a container escape and arbitrary code execution as root on the cluster node, where the malicious pod was deployed.

Published: 2022-03-16 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-0811 is rated High Risk (68.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.56%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-0811

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-22 19.05% 18.56% -0.48%
2 2026-06-15 22.77% 19.05% -3.72%
3 2026-06-06 — 22.77% —

Full EPSS history (60 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-0811

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-0811

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-0811

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-0811

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-0811: 1 source package rows (cri-o); 3 state rows across 3 repos (3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 3, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-0811
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0811
suse high CVE-2022-0811 severity important: SUSE including 2 source package names (cri-o, cri-o-kubeadm-criconfig), 2 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0): Known Not Affected 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0811/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-0811 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cri-o), 5 status rows across 5 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, upstream): DNE 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0811

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-0811

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kubernetes cri-o >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.6 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kubernetes cri-o >= 1.20.0, < 1.20.7 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kubernetes cri-o >= 1.21.0, < 1.21.6 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kubernetes cri-o >= 1.22.0, < 1.22.3 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kubernetes cri-o >= 1.23.0, < 1.23.2 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-0811

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