# CVE-2023-28642: AppArmor bypass with symlinked /proc in runc

- Also known as: GO-2023-1683, GHSA-G2J6-57V7-GM8C
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.5
- Published: 2023-03-29 · Updated: 2025-02-12

## Affected

- opencontainers runc: fixed in 1.1.5
- github.com/opencontainers/runc (Go): fixed in 1.1.5

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Docker, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-g2j6-57v7-gm8c
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/3785

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