{"cve":"CVE-2022-1706","nvd":{"published":"2022-05-17T18:15:08.200","modified":"2026-06-17T04:22:57.377","status":"Modified","description":"A vulnerability was found in Ignition where ignition configs are accessible from unprivileged containers in VMs running on VMware products. This issue is only relevant in user environments where the Ignition config contains secrets. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. Possible workaround is to not put secrets in the Ignition config.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-863"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2082274","https://github.com/coreos/ignition/commit/4b70b44b430ecf8377a276e89b5acd3a6957d4ea","https://github.com/coreos/ignition/issues/1300","https://github.com/coreos/ignition/issues/1315","https://github.com/coreos/ignition/pull/1350"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:ignition","redhat:openshift_container_platform"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:31:59.322382750+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-1706","score":0.01298,"percentile":0.70408,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-hj57-j5cw-2mwp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hj57-j5cw-2mwp","summary":"Ignition config accessible to unprivileged software on VMware","modified":"2026-03-13T10:41:54.639242Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/coreos/ignition/v2","ranges":["<2.14.0"],"fixed":["2.14.0"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/coreos/ignition","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/coreos/ignition","ranges":["<2.14.0"],"fixed":["2.14.0"]}]},{"id":"GO-2022-0451","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-0451","summary":"Ignition config accessible to unprivileged software on VMware in github.com/coreos/ignition","modified":"2024-08-21T15:41:59.378441Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/coreos/ignition","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/coreos/ignition","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/coreos/ignition/v2","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/coreos/ignition/v2","ranges":["<2.14.0"],"fixed":["2.14.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}