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CVE-2022-0492
CWE-287
High
88.5
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
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.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 5.52%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Jun 2026
- Fix commit
- Fix commit known
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- CWE-287, CWE-862
- Published
- 3 Mar 2022
- Last modified 3 Jun 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time