Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-3262

High

Published: 08 December 2022

Published
08 December 2022
Modified
23 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0043 62.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-3262 is a high-severity Insecure Default Variable Initialization (CWE-453) vulnerability in Redhat Openshift. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A flaw was found in Openshift. A pod with a DNSPolicy of "ClusterFirst" may incorrectly resolve the hostname based on a service provided. This flaw allows an attacker to supply an incorrect name with the DNS search policy, affecting confidentiality…

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and availability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

redhat
openshift
4.9

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-1188

Requires documented secure initialization practices and avoidance of insecure defaults in configuration baselines.

addresses: CWE-1188

Reviewing and updating baseline when components are installed or upgraded prevents initialization with insecure defaults.

addresses: CWE-1188

Requiring explicit configuration to minimal functionality overrides insecure defaults that would otherwise enable excess capabilities.

addresses: CWE-1188

Tailoring replaces or augments insecure default initializations with system-specific values and compensating controls before deployment.

addresses: CWE-1188

Central configuration overrides or replaces insecure default initializations that would otherwise be left unchanged on each system.

addresses: CWE-1188

SCRM practices during acquisition and configuration management address insecure default initializations shipped by vendors.

addresses: CWE-1188

Scans detect resources initialized with insecure defaults that create exploitable conditions.

addresses: CWE-1188

Instruction on secure initialization of security controls prevents leaving resources with insecure defaults after installation.

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