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CVE-2022-22975: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability was discovered in the Pinniped Supervisor (versions 0.9.0 to 0.17.0) affecting both LADPIdentityProvider and ActiveDirectoryIdentityProvider resources. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2022-22975 and was disclosed on May 11, 2022 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows malicious users to perform LDAP query injection by manipulating their common name (CN) in their user entry on the LDAP or AD server to include special characters. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.6 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The weakness is categorized as CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to perform LDAP query injection on the Supervisor's LDAP query which determines their Kubernetes group membership, potentially leading to privilege escalation through unauthorized group membership modifications (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to Pinniped version 0.17.0 or later which contains fixes for this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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