Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting runc package, versions <1.1.9-r5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-RUNC-5964772
  • published12 Oct 2023
  • disclosed2 Aug 2023

Introduced: 2 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-3978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi runc to version 1.1.9-r5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream runc package and not the runc package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

CVSS Scores

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