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CVE-2022-28224

Calico and Calico Enterprise may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature

5.5 MediumFix available

CVE-2022-28224 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Project Calico Calico, published June 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in github.com/projectcalico/calico 3.22.2.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.5 MediumCVSS 3.1, CVE List
Exploit chance
0.61%EPSS, 50th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists

Description

Clusters using Calico (version 3.22.1 and below), Calico Enterprise (version 3.12.0 and below), may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature. Due to insufficient validation, a privileged attacker may be able to set a floating IP annotation to a pod even if the feature is not enabled. This may allow the attacker to intercept and reroute traffic to their compromised pod.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.61%Down 0.3 points since Jun 7, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/projectcalico/calico
Go
3.22.0 up to 3.22.2
3.22.2
github.com/projectcalico/calico
Go
3.21.0 up to 3.21.5
3.21.5
github.com/projectcalico/calico
Go
before 3.20.5
3.20.5

What each source reports

CVE List Score used5.5

Calico and Calico Enterprise may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature

Clusters using Calico (version 3.22.1 and below), Calico Enterprise (version 3.12.0 and below), may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature. Due to insufficient validation, a privileged attacker may be able to set a floating IP annotation to a pod even if the feature is not enabled. This may allow the attacker to intercept and reroute traffic to their compromised pod.

Record
CVE-2022-28224
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-201
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-60015.5

Clusters using Calico (version 3.22.1 and below), Calico Enterprise (version 3.12.0 and below), may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature. Due to insufficient validation, a privileged attacker may be able to set a floating IP annotation to a pod even if the feature is not enabled. This may allow the attacker to intercept and reroute traffic to their compromised pod.

Record
EUVD-2022-6001
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9394-xfq9-6qrp5.5

Calico vulnerable to pod route hijacking

Clusters using Calico (version 3.22.1 and below), Calico Enterprise (version 3.12.0 and below), may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature. Due to insufficient validation, a privileged attacker may be able to set a floating IP annotation to a pod even if the feature is not enabled. This may allow the attacker to intercept and reroute traffic to their compromised pod.

Record
GHSA-9394-xfq9-6qrp
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD5.5

Clusters using Calico (version 3.22.1 and below), Calico Enterprise (version 3.12.0 and below), may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature. Due to insufficient validation, a privileged attacker may be able to set a floating IP annotation to a pod even if the feature is not enabled. This may allow the attacker to intercept and reroute traffic to their compromised pod.

Record
CVE-2022-28224
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-201, CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV5.5

Calico and Calico Enterprise may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature

Clusters using Calico (version 3.22.1 and below), Calico Enterprise (version 3.12.0 and below), may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature. Due to insufficient validation, a privileged attacker may be able to set a floating IP annotation to a pod even if the feature is not enabled. This may allow the attacker to intercept and reroute traffic to their compromised pod.

Record
CVE-2022-28224
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-201
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-9394-xfq9-6qrp5.5

Calico vulnerable to pod route hijacking

Clusters using Calico (version 3.22.1 and below), Calico Enterprise (version 3.12.0 and below), may be vulnerable to route hijacking with the floating IP feature. Due to insufficient validation, a privileged attacker may be able to set a floating IP annotation to a pod even if the feature is not enabled. This may allow the attacker to intercept and reroute traffic to their compromised pod.

Record
GHSA-9394-xfq9-6qrp
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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