Improper Privilege Management Affecting kubescape package, versions <4.0.8-r5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-KUBESCAPE-16800450
  • published23 May 2026
  • disclosed1 Jul 2026

Introduced: 23 May 2026

CVE-2026-46680  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard kubescape to version 4.0.8-r5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kubescape package and not the kubescape package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1, containers launched with a numeric User directive that cannot be parsed as a 32-bit integer are incorrectly treated as a username, leading to runAsNonRoot evasion. If a crafted image provides an /etc/passwd file mapping this large numeric string to root, the container ultimately runs as root (UID 0). This allows the Kubernetes runAsNonRoot restriction to be bypassed, causing unexpected behavior for environments that require containers to run as a non-root user. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1.