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Improper Access Control Affecting github.com/opencontainers/runc package, versions <1.1.2

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (14th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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SUSE
4 medium
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Red Hat
5.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMOPENCONTAINERSRUNC-2823317
  • published 12 May 2022
  • disclosed 12 May 2022
  • credit AndrewGMorgan
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Introduced: 12 May 2022

CVE-2022-29162 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/opencontainers/runc to version 1.1.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control where runc exec --cap executed 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).