Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-842

Allowed

Placement of User into Incorrect Group

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

API response cwe.mitre.org

The product or the administrator places a user into an incorrect group.

12 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2022-2990 (GCVE-0-2022-2990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-13 13:44 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:53
VLAI
Summary
An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Buildah container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a buildah Affected: no fixed version known
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CVE-2022-2989 (GCVE-0-2022-2989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-13 13:41 – Updated: 2025-06-05 18:15
VLAI
Summary
An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Podman container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-05 18:14 UTC
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a podman Affected: no fixed version known
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No mitigation information available for this CWE.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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