CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedEclipse Ankaios versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.2 are vulnerable due to improper validation of Control Interface FIFOs and workload file paths, allowing local unprivileged users to exploit predictable paths. An attacker can pre-create these FIFOs, impersonate the workload, and gain unauthorized access to read or modify the cluster's desired state based on the workload's permissions. Organizations using affected versions should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk of privilege escalation and unauthorized data manipulation.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD Description
In Eclipse Ankaios versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.2, the agent creates workload files and Control Interface named pipes (FIFOs) under a predictable path derived from the agent name and a hash of the workload's runtime configuration. If a directory or FIFO already exists at that path when the agent (re)starts, the agent reuses it based only on an existence and/or file-type check, without validating its owner or permissions. A local, unprivileged user with write access to the same base directory (by default under `$TMPDIR/ankaios`, e.g. shared `/tmp`) can pre-create this path hierarchy, including the two Control Interface FIFOs, before the agent starts. The agent then treats the attacker-owned FIFOs as the legitimate Control Interface for the targeted workload. The attacker can complete the Control Interface handshake and issue requests using that workload's configured `controlInterfaceAccess` permissions, allowing impersonation of the workload and, depending on its configured permissions, unauthorized reading and/or modification of the cluster's desired state.