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CVE-2023-28642GO-2023-1683GHSA-G2J6-57V7-GM8C

AppArmor bypass with symlinked /proc in runc

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.1.5
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • opencontainers runc

    fixed in 1.1.5

  • github.com/opencontainers/runcGo

    fixed in 1.1.5

References 2

GitHub · opencontainers/runc