VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-27561
runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.45%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2019-19921 regression.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-706
- Affected
- linuxfoundation/runc · redhat/openshift container platform · redhat/enterprise linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gist.github.com/LiveOverflow/c937820b688922eb127fb760ce06dab9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197#issuecomment-1437617334Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/3751Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHGVGGMKGZSJ7YO67TGGPFEHBYMS63VF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNB2UEDIIJCRQW4WJLZOPQJZXCVSXMLD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYVE3GB4OG3BNT5DLQHYO4M5SXX33AQ5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6BF24VCZRFTYBTT3T7HDZUOTKOTNPLZ/
- https://gist.github.com/LiveOverflow/c937820b688922eb127fb760ce06dab9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197#issuecomment-1437617334Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/3751Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHGVGGMKGZSJ7YO67TGGPFEHBYMS63VF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNB2UEDIIJCRQW4WJLZOPQJZXCVSXMLD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYVE3GB4OG3BNT5DLQHYO4M5SXX33AQ5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6BF24VCZRFTYBTT3T7HDZUOTKOTNPLZ/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0004/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.