CVE-2023-27561

HIGH

runc <1.1.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2019-19921 regression.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 34.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-706
Status published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
linuxfoundation/runc < 1.1.5
opencontainers/runc 1.0.0-rc95 - 1.1.5Go
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 9.0
redhat/openshift_container_platform 4.0
Published Mar 03, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026