CVE-2022-1227

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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.

Published: 2022-04-29 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-1227 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 33.27%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-1227

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-1227

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 2026-05-28 33.72% 33.27% -0.45%
2 2026-03-16 32.06% 33.72% +1.66%
3 2025-11-24 32.06%

Full EPSS history (27 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-1227

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:N/UI:R/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-1227

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-1227

GHSA-66vw-v2x9-hw75 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Podman publishes a malicious image to public registries

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1227

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-1227: 1 source package rows (podman); 10 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 10. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-1227
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-1227 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (golang-github-containers-psgo, libpod), 7 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 7. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1227
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1227
suse high CVE-2022-1227 severity important: SUSE including 71 source package names (aardvark-dns-1.0.1-27.module+el8.6.0+14673+621cb8be, buildah-1.24.2-4.module+el8.6.0+14673+621cb8be, …), 117 product×package rows across 38 product lines (Container rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.4, Container rancher/elemental-teal/5.4, … (38 product lines)): Fixed 92, Known Not Affected 25. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1227/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-1227 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (golang-github-containers-psgo), 13 status rows across 13 suites (focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 8, needs-triage 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1227

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1227

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
podman_project podman < 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
psgo_project psgo < 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:psgo_project:psgo:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
redhat developer_tools 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:developer_tools:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions 8.6 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat quay 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:quay:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-1227

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