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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMOPENCONTAINERSRUNC-2823317
  • published12 May 2022
  • disclosed12 May 2022
  • creditAndrewGMorgan

Introduced: 12 May 2022

CVE-2022-29162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens 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).

CVSS Scores

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