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CVE detail

CVE-2022-0492

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 61.5KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 61.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 22.0 · diversity 14.5 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
22.0
8 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
14.5
5 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
8 source links · newest first
  • An improper authentication bug allows attackers to escalate their privileges and escape containers.

    newswww.securityweek.comJun 3, 2026, 11:56 AM
  • U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Android and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: The first flaw added to the catalog, tracked […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJun 3, 2026, 10:43 AM
  • Unit 42 researchers test container escape methods and possible impacts within a Kubernetes cluster using a containerd container runtime.

    vendorunit42.paloaltonetworks.comJul 18, 2024, 10:00 AM
  • SentinelOne has partnered with Snyk to unveil the integration of SentinelOne’s Singularity Cloud Workload Security with the Snyk Developer Security Platform. The integration will correlate the cloud runtime threat detections identified by SentinelOne with vulnerabilities found by Snyk in container images, enabling cloud security, application security and developer teams to more effectively collaborate and address the root cause of these issues. Future enhancements to the integration will also give security teams the means to manage … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comNov 10, 2023, 2:00 PM
  • A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas Attackers use website contact forms […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMar 13, 2022, 12:31 PM
  • The dangerous Linux privilege escalation flaw dubbed Dirty Pipe that was recently disclosed could also impact applications and systems that use containerization through tools such as Docker, researchers warn. This follows a different privilege escalation vulnerability that was patched last week and could lead to container escapes. Dirty Pipe “could enable an attacker to effectively […]

    newswww.csoonline.comMar 10, 2022, 12:17 PM
  • A Linux kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-0492, can allow an attacker to escape a container to execute arbitrary commands on the container host. A now-patched high-severity Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0492 (CVSS score: 7.0), can be exploited by an attacker to escape a container to execute arbitrary commands on the container host. The issue is […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMar 6, 2022, 6:46 PM
  • CVE-2022-0492 is the third recent kernel vulnerability that allows malicious containers to escape. We offer root cause analysis and mitigations.

    vendorunit42.paloaltonetworks.comMar 3, 2022, 6:00 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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