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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2024-3154

Severity High
Score 7.2/10

Summary

A flaw was found in cri-o, where an arbitrary "systemd" property can be injected via a "Pod" annotation. Any user who can create a pod with an arbitrary annotation may perform an arbitrary action on the host system. This vulnerability affects github.com/cri-o/cri-o package versions prior to 1.27.6, 1.28.x prior to 1.28.6, and 1.29.x prior to 1.29.4.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published