Privilege Escalation Affecting github.com/sylabs/singularity/internal/pkg/runtime/engines/singularity package, versions >=3.1.0 <3.2.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSYLABSSINGULARITYINTERNALPKGRUNTIMEENGINESSINGULARITY-174726
  • published 4 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 14 May 2019
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/sylabs/singularity/internal/pkg/runtime/engines/singularity to version 3.2.0 or higher.

Overview

github.com/sylabs/singularity/internal/pkg/runtime/engines/singularity is an an open source container platform designed to be simple, fast, and secure.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. An attacker with local or network access to the host system (e.g. ssh) may be allowed to edit files within /run/singularity/instances/sing/<user>/<instance>. This is due to insecure permissions handling.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

8.8 high