CVE-2022-3162: Kubernetes

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Users authorized to list or watch one type of namespaced custom resource cluster-wide can read custom resources of a different type in the same API group without authorization. Clusters are impacted by this vulnerability if all of the following are true: 1. There are 2+ CustomResourceDefinitions sharing the same API group 2. Users have cluster-wide list or watch authorization on one of those custom resources. 3. The same users are not authorized to read another custom resource in the same API group.

Affected products

• Kubernetes Kubernetes: up to and including 1.22.15; from 1.23.0, up to and including 1.23.13; from 1.24.0, up to and including 1.24.7; from 1.25.0, up to and including 1.25.3

Published 2023-03-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.