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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-30465

runc before 1.0.0-rc95 allows a Container Filesystem Breakout via Directory Traversal.

HIGH 8.5EPSS 6.60%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

runc before 1.0.0-rc95 allows a Container Filesystem Breakout via Directory Traversal. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must be able to create multiple containers with a fairly specific mount configuration. The problem occurs via a symlink-exchange attack that relies on a race condition.

CVSS 3.1
8.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
6.60% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
linuxfoundation/runc · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.