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High · 8.8 CVE-2022-38065 EUVD-2022-40670GHSA-5994-4pv5-xvvm

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the oslo.privsep functionality of OpenStack git master 05194e7618 and prior. Overly permissi…

Published Dec 21, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025 · Assigned by talos

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the oslo.privsep functionality of OpenStack git master 05194e7618 and prior. Overly permissive functionality within tools leveraging this library within a container can lead increased privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenStack OpenStack git master 05194e7618 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 python-oslo.privsep No fix yet —
Debian 13 python-oslo.privsep No fix yet —
Debian 12 python-oslo.privsep No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS python-oslo.privsep No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS python-oslo.privsep No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-oslo.privsep No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS openstack No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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