CVE-2023-28642

high

Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7001317

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0005/

https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-g2j6-57v7-gm8c

https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/3785

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-03-29

Updated: 2024-12-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High