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CVE-2022-0071: Hotdog Container Escape

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-250

Description

Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3101. Hotdog, prior to v1.0.2, did not mimic the resource limits, device restrictions, or syscall filters of the target JVM process. This would allow a container to exhaust the resources of the host, modify devices, or make syscalls that would otherwise be blocked.

Affected products

• Amazon Web Services Hotdog: before 1.0.2 — fixed in 1.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Amazon Web Services Hotdog 1.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/hotdog/security/advisories/GHSA-jr96-7frv-3mpj
• https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities
• https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/hotdog/security/advisories/GHSA-jr96-7frv-3mpj
• https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities

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