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

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.21% (59th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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

CVE-2019-11328 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab

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.