CVE-2023-28642

MEDIUM

runc <1.1.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-281 CWE-59
Status published
Products (2)
linuxfoundation/runc < 1.1.5
opencontainers/runc 0 - 1.1.5Go
Published Mar 29, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026