CVE-2022-29162
This fix changes `runc exec --cap` behavior such that the additional capabilities granted to the process being executed (as specified via `--cap` arguments) do not include inheritable capabilities.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. A bug was found in runc prior to version 1.1.2 where `runc exec --cap` created processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, creating an atypical Linux environment and enabling programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set during execve(2). This bug did not affect the container security sandbox as the inheritable set never contained more capabilities than were included in the container's bounding set. This bug has been fixed in runc 1.1.2. This fix changes `runc exec --cap` behavior such that the additional capabilities granted to the process being executed (as specified via `--cap` arguments) do not include inheritable capabilities. In addition, `runc spec` is changed to not set any inheritable capabilities in the created example OCI spec (`config.json`) file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- linuxfoundation/runc · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/d04de3a9b72d7a2455c1885fc75eb36d02cd17b5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v1.1.2Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-f3fp-gc8g-vw66Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVPZBV7ISA7QKRPTC7ZXWKMIQI2HZEBB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D77CKD3AXPMU4PMQIQI5Q74SI4JATNND/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GPQU4YC4AAY54JDXGDQHJEYKSXXG5T2Y/
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/d04de3a9b72d7a2455c1885fc75eb36d02cd17b5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v1.1.2Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-f3fp-gc8g-vw66Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVPZBV7ISA7QKRPTC7ZXWKMIQI2HZEBB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D77CKD3AXPMU4PMQIQI5Q74SI4JATNND/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GPQU4YC4AAY54JDXGDQHJEYKSXXG5T2Y/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.