CVE-2022-29162

MEDIUM

runc < 1.1.2 - Incorrect Default Permissions via Inheritable Capabilities

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. A bug was found in runc prior to version 1.1.2 where `runc exec --cap` created 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). This bug did not affect the container security sandbox as the inheritable set never contained more capabilities than were included in the container's bounding set. This bug has been fixed in runc 1.1.2. This fix changes `runc exec --cap` behavior such that the additional capabilities granted to the process being executed (as specified via `--cap` arguments) do not include inheritable capabilities. In addition, `runc spec` is changed to not set any inheritable capabilities in the created example OCI spec (`config.json`) file.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (5)
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
fedoraproject/fedora 36
linuxfoundation/runc < 1.1.2
opencontainers/runc 0 - 1.1.2Go
Published May 17, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026