CVE-2026-15809
A flaw was found in CRI-O. The fix for a previous vulnerability (CVE-2022-4318) was incorrect, allowing it to be bypassed. An attacker capable of setting environment variables on a container can inject a newline character into the HOME environment variable. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.
Published:Jul 15, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 2, 2026
EPS:Jul 15, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00164
CVSS Score:7.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Confidential Compute Attestation
Redhat
Confidential Compute Attestation
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openshift
Redhat
Openshift
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openshift Container Platform
Redhat
Openshift Container Platform
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openshift Ironic
Redhat
Openshift Ironic
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
