Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth package, versions <release-20240325.0
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- published30 Mar 2025
- disclosed28 Mar 2025
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Introduced: 28 Mar 2025
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How to fix?
Upgrade gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth to version release-20240325.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Privilege Assignment in the runsc process, which has "root-like" permissions. An attacker can expose files on the underlying filesystem by escalating privileges before a project is forked.